County Hall in Preston. Pic: Blog Preston The former leader of Lancashire County Council has taken temporary charge of the authority’s Labour opposition g
The former leader of Lancashire County Council has taken temporary charge of the authority’s Labour opposition group following the suspension of Azhar Ali.The Local Democracy Reporting Service understands that she has now been installed as acting Labour leader in the wake of
Labour’s deputy opposition leader at County Hall, Lorraine Beavers, will remain in that post. She is the party’s parliamentary candidate for the newly-formed Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency at the next general election. It was initially reported by the Mail on Sunday that his comments about Israel had been made at a Lancashire Labour Party meeting. However, it later emerged that they were recorded at a public gathering.
After the first report was published – and prior to his suspension – County Cllr Ali said in an apology statement that his initially-reported remarks were “deeply offensive, ignorant and false”.
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