What we are fighting for
Our Priorities
Practical priorities for Burnley and Padiham, and an honest, sourced tracker of what is being delivered.
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Potholes and Roads
Get Burnley and Padiham roads fixed, and keep them fixed.
Bad roads are the single thing residents raise with us most. Cracked surfaces wreck cars, put cyclists in danger and stand as a daily reminder of years of managed decline. Fixing them is where credibility is won or lost.
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Council Spending and Transparency
Treat every pound of public money as if it were your own.
Every pound the council spends is your money. Too often it is spent with too little scrutiny, on contracts most residents never see, and explained only after the decision is made. We think that is the wrong way round.
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Clean Streets and Town Centres
Tackle fly-tipping and back Burnley and Padiham town centres.
Clean, safe streets and a town centre worth walking through are basics, not luxuries. When they slip, people stop feeling proud of where they live, and that feeling is hard to win back.
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Housing and HMO Standards
Raise housing standards and extend HMO controls across Burnley.
Everyone deserves a decent, safe home. The vast majority of landlords are fair, but a minority let properties slide below any reasonable standard, and it is neighbours and tenants who pay the price.
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Backing Residents
Be visible, hold surgeries, and actually answer.
Too many people say they never hear from the councillors elected to represent them, until an election comes round. We intend to be the opposite: present, contactable, and useful the rest of the time too.
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Open and accountable
Delivery tracker
Every claim is labelled by scope and, where it is a delivered result, linked to a source. County-wide figures are marked as Lancashire County Council, which Reform UK has run since May 2025.
- Delivered Lancashire County Council (Reform-run)
Lancashire’s pothole queue cut by 42 per cent
Outstanding road defects across Lancashire fell from 61,063 in September 2024 to 35,514 in September 2025 under the Reform administration.
Sep 2025 Source: Lancashire County Council - Delivered Lancashire County Council (Reform-run)
Record highways budget for Lancashire
Reform-run Lancashire County Council set a record total highways budget, with extra money directed to road repairs across the county.
- Campaigning Burnley
Extend Article 4 HMO controls to Burnley’s unprotected wards
Nine of Burnley’s fifteen wards have Article 4 protection against unchecked conversion to houses in multiple occupation. Reform councillors are pressing to extend it to the six wards that have none.
- In progress Burnley
Scrutiny of council spending and value for money
Reform councillors on Burnley Borough Council are scrutinising contracts, spending and value for money on behalf of residents.
- In progress Burnley
Regular councillor surgeries across Burnley and Padiham
Our councillors hold surgeries and take on casework directly so residents have a real point of contact.
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