Lancashire County Council Waste: What Can Be Done About The £720k Refugee Translation Tender
TomPickup.com | Politics Lancashire County Council Waste: What Can Be Done About The £720k Refugee Translation Tender What Is Happening? I recently wrote about Lancashire County Council awarding a £720,000 tender for refugee interpretation and translation services. A voter wrote to me and asked what can be done about it should Reform get into power […]
Reform UK Burnley Page Removed By Facebook
TomPickup.com | Politics Reform UK Burnley Page Removed By Facebook What Is Happening? On Monday 14th April, less than 3 weeks before the elections on 1st May, Facebook interfered in Burnley and Padiham politics, by suspending the ‘Reform UK – Burnley’ Facebook page. Following an appeal, the page was then swiftly completely removed by Facebook, […]
Reform UK Burnley Page Suspended By Facebook
TomPickup.com | Politics Reform UK Burnley Page Suspended By Facebook What Is Happening? On Monday 14th April, less than 3 weeks before the elections on 1st May, Facebook have interfered in Burnley and Padiham politics, by suspending the ‘Reform UK – Burnley’ Facebook page. Following an appeal, the page was then completely removed by Facebook. […]
Lancashire County Council: Criminal Trial For Former Conservative LCC Leader Geoff Driver
TomPickup.com | Politics Lancashire County Council: Criminal Trial For Former Conservative LCC Leader Geoff Driver What Is Happening? It’s been announced that the former Conservative leader of Lancashire County Council, Geoff Driver, will finally stand trial in April 2027. The trial is set to take place 14-years after investigation into the alleged financial irregularities at […]
Lancashire County Council Waste: High Earning Staff
TomPickup.com | Politics Lancashire County Council Waste: Management Pay Rises What Is Happening? The pay for Lancashire County Council’s top staff jumped up by £940,000 from 22/23 to 23/24, according to figures only released this year. LCC’s projected budget deficit for the 24/25 financial year was £2.908m, but has jumped up for the 2025/26 financial […]
Lancashire County Council Waste: Refugee Translation
TomPickup.com | Politics Lancashire County Council Waste: Refugee Translation What Is Happening? On 7th April 2025, Lancashire County Council put out a notice regarding a £720,000 + VAT contract for ‘the provision of interpretation and translation for Lancashire refugee integration team and named providers’. The Lancashire County Council projected budget deficit for 25/26 financial year […]
On Alan Hosker
TomPickup.com | Politics On Alan Hosker What Is Happening? The current Conservative County Councillor for Padiham & Burnley West, Alan Hosker, leafleted everyone, claiming I’m a name on a piece of paper and that no one else will do half as much as he does. Evidence shows he only attended 44% of County Council meetings […]
Poplars Tuition
TomPickup.com | Business Poplars Tuition What is the project? Poplars Tuition, a private tutoring business based in Bury, Greater Manchester, wanted a business logo, a website designing & hosting, a professional @poplarstuition.co.uk email address, a place to receive online reviews from their happy customers and advice about marketing the business to new & existing […]
93-Mile Charity Cycle
TomPickup.com | Charity 93-Mile Cycle What Am I Doing? A 93-Mile cycle in a day, from Leeds to Wigan on the Leeds-Liverpool canal, in memory of Baby G, for the Baby G charity. What Is the Baby G Charity The Baby G charity was set up in memory of baby Graham Hurst, […]
Olympic Triathlon
TomPickup.com | Charity Olympic Triathlon What Am I Doing? An Olympic Triathlon, for the Baby G charity. A 1.5km swim, a 40km bike ride and a 10km run. What Is the Baby G Charity The Baby G charity was set up in memory of baby Graham Hurst, who was born sleeping. His […]