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Date set to elect new council leader as Labour look set to take over in Bolton

A meeting will be held next Tuesday to elect the leader of Bolton Council

Manchester Evening News

Labour celebrate becoming largest party on Bolton Council as Tories endure election losses in night of high drama

Labour now have 26 seats to the Conservatives 16 with the council remaining as no overall control

Manchester Evening News

Bolton council local elections 2023 results in full

60 council seats were up for grabs in wards Astley Bridge, Bradshaw, Breightmet, Bromley Cross, Farnworth North, Farnworth South, Great Lever, Halliwell, Heaton & Lostock, Horwich North, Horwich South & Blackrod, Hulton, Kearsley, Little Lever and Darcy Lever, Queens Park & Central, Rumworth, Smithills, Tonge with the Haulgh, Westhoughton North…

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‘A place to watch’: Bolton’s Tory council faces local election reckoning

Amid cost of living crisis and reneged promises, Thursday’s outcome could swing on more local concerns

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Council agrees to accept £542,000 less than agreed for former bus station site after 200-home development put under threat

The developers will pay just £385,000 of the £927,500 due to Bolton Council for the Moor Lane site

Manchester Evening News

Tory council candidate kicked out over alleged ‘racist Facebook post’ about Manchester Arena bombing

Coun Derek Bullock, who was selected to stand as a Conservative candidate in Bolton has had his party membership ended on the day his nomination was confirmed

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Town's M&S store to shut in April - and 'nobody will want to move in'

Bolton Council claims they were given just an hours notice of the shop's closure

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How do you solve a problem like Bolton town centre?

"Come back in five years and you will see a big transformation"

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'Beyond disappointing': Bolton gets second crushing blow in just 24 hours after £40m bids end in failure

Two bids for levelling up cash to boost Bolton, together worth £40M have been thrown out by the government

Manchester Evening News

'It's like a choice to obey a command with a gun at your head': Inside Greater Manchester councils' struggle over whether to hike council taxes

Poorer areas now face 'difficult decisions' over council tax increases

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The Mancunians who aren't worried about putting the heating on this winter

"We had a baby on the way... I didn't want to live in a house that was so cold"

Manchester Evening News

Country house spa hotel WON'T house 300 asylum seekers after MP and council object

The Mercure Bolton Georgian House Hotel in Blackrod had voluntarily offered to use its rooms and facilities to house people being processed for asylum

Manchester Evening News

Bolton Council promotes from within to appoint new chief executive

Sue Johnson has been promoted from deputy chief executive to the top job at the council

Manchester Evening News

Bolton councillor joins Conservatives months after quitting Labour Party

Shamim Abdullah, who dramatically resigned from Labour in February will now represent the Conservatives in the Rumworth ward

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The half-built seven-storey apartment block where people who bought flats ‘off plan’ are now in limbo

4 Great Moor Street was supposed to create 120 'world class' apartments but has remained partially built for four years after a construction firm went bust

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Conservatives to continue running Bolton Council after ‘run-off’ vote to elect leader

Conservative leader Martyn Cox failed to win the support of a majority of the council but topped the poll in a 'run off'

Manchester Evening News

The Greater Manchester bids to host Great British Railways HQ - and who they'll be up against

Bolton, Heywood and a mysterious Greater Manchester bid are among the 42 hopefuls trying to make the most of their rail heritage

Manchester Evening News

Councillor and leader of Bolton hyperlocal party defects to join Conservatives

Horwich and Blackrod First leader Marie Brady said relationships with members of her former party within Bolton Council had 'been torn apart'

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‘It’s a betrayal’ – Gasps as councillor tears up document during EXPLOSIVE town hall row

The disgreement arose after plans were revealed for Bolton Council to bid to house a national railway centre in the town centre

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