£110m Cuts to Rural Service Delivery Grant Monday, 23 December, 2024 The abolition of the Rural Services Delivery Grant (RSDG) in 2025-26 will mean a loss of £110 million for rural councils. The Rural Service Delivery Grant was established in 2013 under the Conservatives to provide un-ringfenced funding to rural councils in England, recognising the additional costs associated with delivering services in sparsely populated areas. In the 2024-25 financial year, the... Local News
Town Councils Denied Control of Tips as CEC Moves to Triple Closure 5th October 2024 At the end of September, the Environment & Communities Committee met to decide the future of the three Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRC) located at... Local News
Macclesfield Conservative Association calls on Council to re-open Bollington and Poynton recycling centres 24th September 2024 Macclesfield Conservative Association is calling for the household waste and recycling centres in Bollington and Poynton to be reopened following their... Local News
CEC doesn’t have the cash to fund Improvement Plan for “Inadequate” Children’s Services 19th September 2024 Cheshire East's children's department admitted at the latest Children's Committee, that they don’t have enough money to fund the improvement plan that they... Local News
Labour Votes to Scrap Winter Fuel Payments for 10 Million Pensioners 10th September 2024 Labour MPs voted to REFUSE the Conservative Motion to rescind Angela Raynor’s Policy Scrapping Winter Fuel Allowances. Millions of pensioners are now set to... Local News
Complete the Motion to Parliament to Protect our Most Vulnerable Residents from Fuel Poverty 6th September 2024 The Labour Government’s recent decision to restrict the Winter Fuel Payment to only pensioners in receipt of means-tested benefits like Pension Credit, as... Local News
Further Charges Proposed for evening and Sunday parking arrangements 29th August 2024 Labour/Independent-led Cheshire East Council has now launched a consultation on proposals to introduce evening and Sunday parking charges across the Borough... Local News
Scale of financial incompetence at Cheshire East Council revealed by new SEND research 22nd August 2024 The scale of financial incompetence at Labour/Independent-run Cheshire East Council has been revealed by research published today into the Council’s High Needs... Local News
Labour Government targets pensioners as over 80,000 older Cheshire East Residents to lose Winter Fuel Payment 15th August 2024 Over 80,000 pensioners are set to lose Winter Fuel Allowance and a senior Cheshire East Councillor is calling for action to support low-income pensioners... Local News
Cyber Attack on Council could be “Catastrophic” 30th July 2024 Cllr Andrew Kolker (Dane Valley), highlighted the potentially “catastrophic” impact on Cheshire East Council should the organisation be the target of a Cyber... Local News
Prime Minister’s address to the nation on booster jabs 12th December 2021 Boris Johnson addressed the nation on the need for all of us to get our booster jabs. National News
Home Secretary: Backing the Bill on illegal immigration 8th December 2021 Read Priti Patel's speech on illegal immigration in full here. National News
Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021: A stronger economy for the British People 27th October 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021: A stronger economy for the British People. National News
