£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
The Prime Minister’s Speech: Tackling Illegal Immigration 14th April 2022 Read Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech on illegal immigration here. National News
Spring Statement 2022 23rd March 2022 Today, 23 March 2022, Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the Spring Statement 2022. Read what he said here. National News
Spring Conference 2022: Address from Prime Minister Boris Johnson 19th March 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed Spring Conference 2022. Read what he said here. National News
Spring Conference 2022: Address from Defence Secretary Ben Wallace 19th March 2022 Defence Secretary Ben Wallace addressed Spring Conference 2022. Read what he said here. National News
Spring Conference 2022: Address from Foreign Secretary Liz Truss 19th March 2022 Foreign Secretary Liz Truss addressed Spring Conference 2022. Read what she said here. National News
Spring Conference 2022: Address from Home Secretary Priti Patel 19th March 2022 Home Secretary Priti Patel addressed Spring Conference 2022. Read what she said here. National News
