A BOROUGH Labour party has been accused of 'being at war with itself' after a shock claim to a council gathering.
Independent Cllr Patrick McGinley told Hyndburn's Annual Meeting he had been approached by former MP Graham Jones to join the party so he could back a challenge to the leader of the authority Cllr Miles Parkinson.
Veteran Tory councillor Peter Britcliffe said the two senior Labour politicians were now 'at each others' throats'.
Overton ward's Cllr McGinley told the meeting in Accrington Town Hall: "At the Lancashire County Council count on Saturday 7 May 2021, I was approached by the Lancashire Labour election co-ordinator, Graham Jones. I was signalled to go into the bar area.