‘It’s been an honour’: Fresh election looms as leading councillor steps down

A by-election is set to replace a Bolton councillor who will be resigning to join one of the region’s main health bodies.

Cllr Ebrahim Adia, a former deputy leader of Bolton Labour, says stepping down has been a ‘difficult’ decision but he feels that becoming deputy chair of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board means he can no longer ‘do justice’ to his role on the council.