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County's LEP 'embarrassment'

Lancashire CC leader, Geoff Driver, told communities secretary, Eric Pickles, he was ‘embarrassed’ regarding the current row over local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) –and accused local chief executives of ‘petty parochialism’.

Lancashire CC leader, Geoff Driver, has told communities secretary, Eric Pickles, he was ‘embarrassed' regarding the current row over local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) –and accused local chief executives of ‘petty parochialism'.

Cllr Driver said, in a face-to-face meeting with Mr Pickles, he was ‘embarrassed Lancashire cannot work together on this matter', and wanted to find a way in which the

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