The campaign site of the Reform UK Burnley branch. Meet your Reform councillors, see what we are working on for Burnley and Padiham, and get involved.https://reformukburnley.co.uk/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/burnley-reform-leaders-update-2026-08-08/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/burnley-reform-leaders-update-2026-08-08/Reform group leader Cllr Mark Poulton on the Members and Supporters Meeting, Full Council, the push for Article 4 protection across the rest of Burnley, and what Local Government Reorganisation means for the town's representation.Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTCllr Mark Poultonhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/robotic-pets-day-centres/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/robotic-pets-day-centres/Cllr Tom Pickup: robotic pets are helping to improve wellbeing and bring moments of joy for older people using Lancashire's day centres and care homes.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/adult-social-care-local-account/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/adult-social-care-local-account/The county council has published its annual Living Better Lives in Lancashire report, with Cllr Tom Pickup among the councillors setting out the year in a short film.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/burnley-reform-leaders-update-2026-07-17/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/burnley-reform-leaders-update-2026-07-17/Reform group leader Cllr Mark Poulton on the group's second full Burnley Council meeting: speaking up in the chamber, child exploitation, the Kashmir motion, HMOs, LGR and civic pride.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCllr Mark Poultonhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/gawthorpe-great-barn-reopens/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/gawthorpe-great-barn-reopens/One of the North West's finest aisled barns is open again in Padiham for the first time since 2008, after a £1.35m project to save its roof.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lancashire-grooming-gangs-inquiry-motion/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lancashire-grooming-gangs-inquiry-motion/At Full Council on 16 July 2026, Lancashire councillors voted 67 to 0 to back a Reform motion committing the county to full cooperation with the national grooming gangs inquiry.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/poulton-grooming-inquiry-speech/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/poulton-grooming-inquiry-speech/Burnley's Cllr Mark Poulton told Full Council to stop sanitising what happened, and to keep victims at the centre until every offender is brought to justice.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/thomson-grooming-inquiry-speech/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/thomson-grooming-inquiry-speech/Burnley's Cllr Liam Thomson said the council has a moral duty to assist the inquiry: preserve records, cooperate fully, and support any staff asked to give evidence.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-opposes-kashmir-motion/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-opposes-kashmir-motion/At July's full council, Reform's councillors voted against a motion on Kashmir. Not because the suffering does not matter, but because foreign policy is not a borough council's job.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/theaker-kashmir-motion-speech/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/theaker-kashmir-motion-speech/Reform's deputy group leader told the chamber that foreign policy is decided by Parliament, not borough councils, and that Burnley deserves a council that concentrates on Burnley.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/thomson-kashmir-motion-speech/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/thomson-kashmir-motion-speech/Cllr Liam Thomson told the chamber the council cannot change events overseas and should be focusing on the issues in Burnley that affect Burnley residents.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/weekes-kashmir-motion-speech/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/weekes-kashmir-motion-speech/Cllr Chris Weekes argued the council has no jurisdiction over the conflict, and suggested members who wanted to write on the issue could do so themselves rather than take up council time.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/channel-swim-support-worker/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/channel-swim-support-worker/A Lancashire day centre support worker is swimming the English Channel for charity, and the county's cabinet member for adult social care has cheered her on.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-lancashire-year-one-record/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-lancashire-year-one-record/In July 2026 Lancashire County Council's cabinet received the year-end financial figures for Reform's first full year in charge. Here is what they show, set against the Conservative record, and every number comes from the council's own reports.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/meet-your-reform-team/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/meet-your-reform-team/Reform UK now has sixteen councillors representing Burnley and Padiham across the county and the borough. Here is who they are and what they are working on.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lancashire-potholes-down-42-percent/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lancashire-potholes-down-42-percent/Outstanding road defects across Lancashire fell from 61,063 in September 2024 to 35,514 a year later. Our Burnley county councillors want that work in every neighbourhood.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/standing-up-on-hmos/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/standing-up-on-hmos/Nine of Burnley's fifteen wards have Article 4 protection against unchecked conversion to houses in multiple occupation. Six do not. Reform councillors want that fixed.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/burnley-county-councillors-roles/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/burnley-county-councillors-roles/From cabinet to scrutiny, here are the roles and committee appointments held by Burnley and Padiham’s four Reform county councillors at Lancashire County Council.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/tom-pickup-cabinet-asc/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/tom-pickup-cabinet-asc/Burnley's Cllr Tom Pickup has joined the Lancashire County Council Cabinet, taking responsibility for Adult Social Care.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/hosker-deputy-mayor/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/hosker-deputy-mayor/Reform UK's Cllr Alan Hosker was appointed Deputy Mayor of Burnley at the council's annual meeting on 20 May 2026.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/burnley-reform-group-leadership/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/burnley-reform-group-leadership/Following the May 2026 election, the Reform UK group on Burnley Borough Council has chosen its leadership team, with Cllr Mark Poulton as group leader.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-largest-group-burnley-2026/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-largest-group-burnley-2026/On 7 May 2026 Reform UK won 11 of the 15 seats contested to become the largest group on Burnley Borough Council, with 12 seats on the 45-seat authority.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lancashire-refugee-resettlement-withdrawal/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lancashire-refugee-resettlement-withdrawal/Lancashire County Council would be the first in the country to withdraw from the Government's refugee resettlement schemes, with Reform arguing the money should go to local residents first.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-first-year-lancashire/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-first-year-lancashire/One year on from taking control of Lancashire County Council, Reform UK has frozen councillors' allowances, set the lowest council tax rise in 12 years, and opened up the council's finances.Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lowest-council-tax-rise-in-12-years/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lowest-council-tax-rise-in-12-years/Reform UK's first Lancashire budget, set on 26 February 2026, raises council tax by 3.8 per cent, the lowest rise in 12 years and well below the 4.99 per cent of the previous two years.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lancashire-scraps-net-zero-target/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/lancashire-scraps-net-zero-target/At Full Council in October 2025, Reform councillors carried a motion to drop the county council's voluntary 2030 net zero target and stop voluntary carbon reporting.Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/tom-pickup-flags-property-strategy/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/tom-pickup-flags-property-strategy/At the October 2025 Cabinet, Burnley's Cllr Tom Pickup spoke on the county's settled flag policy and introduced a new property strategy for Lancashire.Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/mark-poulton-scrutiny-chair/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/mark-poulton-scrutiny-chair/At Lancashire County Council's annual meeting on 22 May 2025, Burnley Rural's Cllr Mark Poulton was appointed Chair of the Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee and Chair of the Scrutiny Management Board for 2025/26.Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/tom-pickup-finance-lead-member/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/tom-pickup-finance-lead-member/Following Reform UK winning control of Lancashire County Council in May 2025, Padiham and Burnley West's Cllr Tom Pickup was given charge of the county's money as Lead Member for Finance and Resources for 2025/26.Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnleyhttps://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-takes-lancashire-2025/https://reformukburnley.co.uk/news/reform-takes-lancashire-2025/On 1 May 2025 Reform UK won control of Lancashire County Council for the first time, taking 53 of the 84 divisions, including four covering Burnley and Padiham.Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTReform UK Burnley