£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
RISHI SUNAK ANNOUNCES GENERAL ELECTION ON 4TH JULY 22nd May 2024 This evening, Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has announced the date of the next General Election. Speaking today on the steps of Downing Street, he said: ”In the... Local News
Shutting the door on Care leavers: Council slides from National Success to “Inadequate” after 5 years of Labour Leadership 16th May 2024 In April 2018, Cheshire East Council was one of the first local authorities visited by Mark Riddell MBE (the government’s national implementation adviser for... Local News
Exposed! CEC’s Financial “Elephant in the Room”! 4th May 2024 In 2019, under the Conservatives, Children’s Services had a £1.6m surplus, however, in just five years, the Council’s Labour-Independent administration has... Local News
Cheshire Police & Crime Commissioner Election won by Labour 4th May 2024 CHESHIRE POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER ELECTION May 2024. Labour's Dan Price has been elected as Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Dan Price (Labour) – 86... Local News
Middlewich Bypass put on hold as costs soar by over 50% 18th April 2024 Labour-led Cheshire East Council has been asked to re-think the Middlewich Eastern Bypass scheme in the light of significant delays, soaring costs and failure... Local News
Congleton MP meets Cheshire East Company helping NHS meet it’s Carbon Zero Targets 16th April 2024 Congleton MP Fiona Bruce visited the Holmes Chapel base of “Bespak” this week, to meet with Louise Righton and Jeremy Tidmarsh along with Chief Executive... Local News
Labour-Led Cheshire East’s Special Needs Debt Out of Control 14th April 2024 Over the past five years, Cheshire East Council’s spend on Special Educational Needs Provision, has spiralled out-of-control. The £26m “deficit reserve” for... Local News
John Dwyer standing as the Conservative Candidate for Cheshire PCC 6th April 2024 The election for the position of Cheshire's Police and Crime Commissioner will take place on 2nd May 2024. John Dwyer, the current PCC for Cheshire has been re... Local News
CEC gets £625,933 Swimming Pool Funding (Phase 2) 23rd March 2024 More than 300 swimming pools are to benefit from £60 million funding to support their long-term future, including three in Cheshire East. These are Macclesfield... Local News
Our plan for levelling up, housing and communities 4th October 2022 Simon Clarke has announced our plan for levelling up, housing and communities. National News
Our plan for business and energy 3rd October 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg announced our plan for business and energy. National News
Our plan for digital infrastructure, culture, media and sport 3rd October 2022 Michelle Donelan, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport outlined her priorities to grow the economy in those spheres of activity., National News
Our plan for the environment 3rd October 2022 Ranil Jayawardena has announced our plan for the environment. National News
Our plan for the economy 3rd October 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng outlined our plan to grow the economy. National News
