Hyndburn (7.03%), Pendle (6.43%) and Blackburn with Darwin (5.80%) also have high numbers of empty properties.

BBC: New life for Accrington ghost streets of terraced homes

Hyndburn (7.03%), Pendle (6.43%) and Blackburn with Darwen (5.80%) are also found to have high numbers of empty properties.

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Some of the homes will be more "four-up, four-down", according to Claire Pritchard (Labour), Deputy Leader of Hyndburn Council.

BBC: New life for Accrington ghost streets of terraced homes

Hyndburn Studio School teaches 14 to 19-year-olds in vocational subjects alongside GCSEs, providing practical experience designed to tackle skills shortages.

BBC: Hyndburn Studio School starts first term in Accrington

Graham Jones, Labour MP for Hyndburn, has received 30 complaints and has brought the issue of getting compensation for affected residents up in Parliament.

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Jack Barrett, from Accrington, who was given the Freedom of the Borough of Hyndburn in 2011, passed away on Sunday at the age of 88.

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Labour have increased their majority in Hyndburn, with an extra five seats, and in Blackburn with Darwen with seven gains, meaning Labour have a 26-seat majority.

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"It's just the type of housing that causes the problem in Hyndburn, there is not the call for "two-up, two-down" that there used to be, " she said.

BBC: New life for Accrington ghost streets of terraced homes

The watchdog will monitor 15 areas - Birmingham, Blackburn with Darwen, Bradford, Burnley, Calderdale, Coventry, Hyndburn, Kirklees, Oldham, Pendle, Peterborough, Slough, Tower Hamlets, Walsall, and Woking - where there has been a history of cases of alleged fraud.

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