With local election day looming on 2nd May, the Lancashire Post has once again put Preston City Council’s political leaders on the spot to debate the big issues facing the city.
Watch the event in full in the video player above or read the highlights below. To be invited to take part, a party had to be contesting at least a third of the seats up for grabs at the polls - meaning the ruling Labour group, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats all made the cut.
We have to start somewhere and…the quickest way to do it is acquiring these 20. We're looking to provide others by potentially purchasing properties on the market. Those in temporary accommodation, for example - it costs a fortune, the bed and breakfast bill, it makes sense that we actually own properties ourselves to help people who might be suffering temporary homelessness.
What we are doing in terms of capital investment is £120 million pounds - supporting the Youth Zone, Amounderness House, reopening the Guild Hall foyer, the Animate and the Harris. And it's participatory, so we're benefiting local companies, local people. When these developments do open, a real regeneration of our city centre in terms of culture and creativity.
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