It's the Brexit-backing town that elected a Conservative MP for the first time for nearly 100 years. Now, people in Leigh want to go a stage further with their own 'Lexit' - by splitting from neighbouring town Wigan.
Leigh has been part of the Wigan borough since local government reorganisation in 1974, but the grumblings about the town losing its identity to its larger neighbour since then have never gone away. READ MORE:Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges to support push for Leigh to split from 'big Wigan' neighbour Of course, they're both former mining towns in the rugby league heartland.
Now, it is clear the friendly rivalry on the field of play extends far beyond. Leigh MP James Grundy has clearly tapped into this appetite for
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