Cheshire East Council to Consider Additional Council Tax Rises Friday, 3 January, 2025 Next Thursday, the Finance Sub-Committee (FSC) must examine the dire state of Cheshire East’s finances, consider how to avoid a Section 114 Notice and how CEC can best bring prepare a legal, balanced budget in time for February’s Budget Council meeting. Despite receiving an additional £6.1m government grants, and assuming all ‘Council-wide Transformation Savings” can be achieved, there is still a... 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
CEC gets £2.17m Electric Vehicle Charging Funding for 2024/25 18th March 2024 Charging electric vehicles is set to get even easier thanks to hundreds of millions of funding made available for local authorities, homeowners and renters... Local News
Crewe & Nantwich Conservatives win Crewe Central from Labour! 8th February 2024 Crewe and Nantwich Conservatives are celebrating this evening, as Candidate Roger Morris beat Labour in Crewe Central, a traditional Labour heartland Ward that... Local News
Cheshire & Wirral Area Conference recognises Campaigning & Party Stalwarts. 3rd February 2024 At the 12th Annual Conference of the Cheshire & Wirral Conservatives Area Committee, hardworking Party Volunteers and campaigners were recognised for all their... Local News
Managing Reserves, Revenues and Risk - the Labour/Independent approach. 21st January 2024 OK, Council finances are dry reading but CIPFA; (Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy), offer a useful explanation of Council Reserves because... Local News
Derby Docks Park gets a thorough Clean-Up! 21st January 2024 Enormous thanks to Roger Morris, (our Crewe Central candidate) for organising a desperately needed litter-pick event this morning at the Derby Docks Park and... Local News
27 Million Benefit from National Insurance Cut 15th January 2024 As of last weekend, 27 million people will benefit from the largest ever cut in National Insurance - announced by the Chancellor in last year's Autumn Statement... Local News
Cllr Gage Accepts Open Invite to Sandbach Town to talk ‘Car Parks’! 13th January 2024 Last weekend Cllr Allen Gage (Willaston & Rope) accepted an open Invitation to Sandbach Town. He describes his visit below in advance of the Highway & Transport... Local News
Our largest boost to our Nation’s Defence in a Generation 19th November 2020 We’re delivering a funding boost of over £24 billion for our nation’s defence. Ensuring we keep our nation safe from the evolving international threats we face. National News
Our Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution 18th November 2020 Today, the Prime Minister has outlined his ten-point plan to bring about a green industrial revolution, creating 250,000 jobs and helping us to build back... National News
More than 19,000 jobs created by Kickstart Scheme 12th November 2020 Today the Chancellor has confirmed that more than 19,000 job placements have been created by our Kickstart Scheme so far – with tens of thousands more expected... National News
The Prime Minister's Statement on the COVID Vaccine in Full 9th November 2020 Read in full the Prime Minister's statement on mass testing progress, the Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine and more. National News
4 Ways this Government is Supporting Businesses this Winter 6th November 2020 Throughout this pandemic, our priority has been clear: to protect lives and livelihoods. The Government’s announcements today will support businesses this... National News
The Prime Minister's COVID-19 Update in Full 5th November 2020 The Prime Minister spoke to the public on the first day of lockdown on our plans to tackle the coronavirus. Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. National News
