Lancashire County Council will be asked this week whether it intends to ârun down its servicesâ and prepare to be replaced with standalone authorities.
The Government, business groups and unions have welcomed another increase in the number of people in work, but worries continue on the pace of pay growth.
On the same day a hosepipe ban was announced in the North West it was also revealed that United Utilities wastes millions of litres of water in leakages every day, a leading trade union has said.
