What do councillors do?
The county council has put in place structures to enable councillors to drive forward the county council’s locality agenda. Councillors, as members of the Lancashire Local Committee, are closely involved in local decision making and can influence policy. The county council is responsible for services such as education, social services, highways and transportation and public protection. Further information about the county council and its services can be found at the Lancashire County Council website. Councillors make or review decisions on how these services are provided. This often requires councillors to attend formal meetings that are usually held during the day. If you are working, by law, your employer must allow you to take a reasonable amount of time off to perform your duties. Some councillors are appointed to represent the council on outside organisations such as local partnerships or charities and public bodies. For most meetings there will be papers which you will need to re
