Bury South MP Christian Wakeford on Bury New Road BURY South MP Christian Wakeford has confirmed he will step down as a Lancashire County Councillor at the forthcoming local elections. Mr Wakeford was elected to the seat at 2019’s General Election, while still a county councillor for Pendle Hill in Lancashire, a seat he has held since 2013. He said: “At the local elections next month I will be stepping down from my role as a Lancashire County Councillor. I wish my successor well in representing the people of Pendle Hill division. “Whilst I has hoped this could take place last year, with by-elections cancelled this would have left the place I grew up and went to school in without representation.
James Daly, Bury North MP BURY North MP James Daly has confirmed he is stepping down from his role as councillor for North Manor ward. Mr Daly was expected to quit at the local elections in May 2020, but the vote was postponed by a year due to coronavirus crisis. His decision to remain as a councillor was questioned by the ruling Labour group at the time with Mr Daly’s dual role meaning he was entitled to an annual basic allowance from Bury Council of £8,708, in addition to his parliamentary salary of £81,932. Mr Daly, elected as MP for Bury North in December 2019, said: “I wasn’t prepared to allow North Manor to have just two elected representatives compared to three for every other seat and it was made clear the by-elections would not be allowed until very recently.
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“Good progress has been made and it gives us an indication of how the digital landscape in Wales is changing, and what benefits faster broadband can bring. NEW figures have revealed cripplingly slow broadband speeds in some Bury neighbourhoods. Across the borough, broadband speeds range from a superfast 185 megabits (Mbps) per second to a snail-paced 0.2 Mbps, according to data from Uswitch.com. It means families using Zoom, Skype or Facebook to speak to relatives and friends could be faced with annoying freezes, cut-outs and sound delays. Meanwhile, those downloading Christmas movie classics could be left waiting up to 120 hours, compared to just one minute 20 seconds in neighbourhoods with the fastest speeds.