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The Lancashire Lead is teaming with The Lancashire Post and Blog Preston to give you the chance to quiz the candidates to be your next MP 

Labour’s manifesto suggests it understands how a dysfunctional housing sector destroys lives, but do the party's commitments go far enough?

The teaching profession has been devalued to the point of absurdity, with staff drafted into classrooms with little or sometimes no qualifications.

The most toxic man in British politics is likely to play an outsized role as an opposition spokesman in the next parliament. This doesn't make his ideas worth compromising with. 

The Blackpool Lead is teaming up with The Gazette and Shelter Lancashire to host the chance of you to quiz those seeking to be your MP on 4 July

Chris Webb is heavy favourite to be re-elected in Blackpool South with a tight contest for second place, while Blackpool North and Cleveleys will see Labour hope to claim the seat from the Conservatives

The last general election saw three Conservative MPs elected in the city for the first time - but that's unlikely to be repeated

Support for the Conservatives is so strong that it hasn't elected a non-Tory in over 100 years but latest YouGov polling suggests a first-ever Labour win is now the most likely outcome for the seat

Sara Britcliffe benefitted from a huge swing from Labour to Conservative in 2019 - but Labour will see it as a key target this time around