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Lancashire Evening Post
|December 10, 2025
As the Post previously revealed, the decision by Preston's cabinet to seek cancellation of the city election next May had prompted criticism from opposition parties.
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Responding to the news that the poll now appeared to be going ahead as planned, the leader of the Liberal Democrat main opposition group, John Potter, said he was "glad", adding: "Labour shouldn't cancel elections just because they are running scared of local people.
This story is from the December 10, 2025 edition of Lancashire Evening Post.
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