HYNDBURN'S Labour MP and Tory council leader were at Westminster today to lobby ministers for European aid.

Greg Pope and Councillor Peter Britcliffe are trying to get Hyndburn a share of £50million to create thousands of jobs at a business park off the M65.

It could fall flat because Euro chiefs are withdrawing funding.

Coun Britcliffe says plans for the Whitebirk Central 65 site - the second largest strategic employment site in the North West - could be scuppered if Hyndburn is denied Objective Two money.

The Government - under pressure from the European Commission to cut the number of areas getting the regeneration money - has announced plans to withdraw it from Hyndburn, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale.

It has instead earmarked £50m to be split between Blackburn with Darwen and the Ribble Valley.

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