Sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter to get the top stories direct to your inbox Talk of 'levelling up' draws a blank look from people on the streets of Farnworth town centre, where shoppers stifle laughter when asked to comment on the state of the high street.
Part of the borough of Bolton but a proud town in its own right, Farnworth has boasted a top grammar school, a 'superclub' and much-loved market in days gone by.
In recent years, the political landscape has changed drastically. Voters have become disillusioned and Labour has lost all three of its seats on the Bolton Council to the hyper-local Farnworth and Kearsley First Party. READ MORE : ‘A skeleton of a plan’ - two years on, Boris Johnson has still not fleshed out his
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