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.
Hyndburn Labour at war claim after shock allegation
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AN East Lancashire member of the Red Wall breaking crop of new Conservative MPs has been promoted to the bottom rung of the government ladder. Hyndburn s Sara Britcliffe, elected in December 2019 in place of Labour s Graham Jones, has become a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) in the Department for Education. Aged 25 she is the youngest Conservative MP and ran a bakery in Oswaldtwistle between graduating with a languages degree and going to Westminster. Her new unpaid role will see her supporting Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and his ministerial team in the House of Commons chamber and acting as their eyes and ears among colleagues at Westminster.