The Prime Minister has vowed to support a local MP in a bid to see the town of Leigh become independent from its neighbour Wigan.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Boris Johnson promised to do 'anything I can' to help his Conservative colleague's bid to 'escape' the control of Wigan Borough Council.
At a raucous session of Parliament, Leigh MP James Grundy asked what could be done to separate his constituency from 'the big government of big Wigan'. READ MORE:Rossendale could get Manchester Metrolink connection with train-tram link on old ELR line Leigh, a relatively large town, has been under the control of Wigan council since the 1970s when it became a part of the municipal area of Greater Manchester.
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