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My first column of 2024 contains an A-Z of the last 12 months, and what this year is set to bring too!  

A is for Action and taking up issues on behalf of residents.

B is for Boundary Changes, with Brierfield set to join our constituency at the next General Election.

Schools in Burnley and Padiham are set to benefit from record funding as England’s core school budget will reach almost £60 billion over the next 12 months.

With 2023 coming to a close Antony looked back over the past 12 months at what has been achieved. He said:

I really want to thank each and every one of you for the support you’ve shown me throughout this year!

It was just two weeks ago that we passed four years since the 2019 General Election, and what a four years it has been.

It’s got to that time of year again. The Christmas lights are up, the days feel much shorter, Christmas parties are taking place, and children are getting more excited with each passing day.  

Pupils at Stoneyholme Primary got a taste of political life as they welcomed Burnley and Padiham’s MP Antony Higginbotham to see the unique establishment of a student-led parliament within the school.

It’s no secret that over the past 12 months businesses right across Lancashire have battled against negative headwinds.

As many of you will have seen, the big news item this week from Parliament has been the legislation brought forward to curb illegal immigration. I’ve been clear from the very start.

Improvements to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath through Burnley have been completed.

After receiving well over one and half thousand entries from local schoolchildren in his yearly Christmas card design competition, Burnley and Padiham MP Antony Higginbotham has unveiled the winning designs for his official card this year.

Speaking about the competition Antony said: