Labour-Independents approve the drawing down of £17.6m Exceptional Financial Support Friday, 10 January, 2025 Labour & Independent Councillors on the Finance Sub-Committee have approved the drawing down of £17.6m exceptional financial support (ESF) from Government, despite the long-term cost of interest rates. The EFS, is not ‘free money’ but must be paid back over up to twenty years and incurs interest. Members were told that it is needed to balance the forecast overspend at the current financial year... 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
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
The biggest police funding boost for a decade 24th January 2020 Yesterday we announced the biggest increase in funding for the police in a decade, meaning more officers tackling crime and keeping people safe. National News
The UK's First Veterans Railcard 22nd January 2020 We're delivering the Veterans Railcard this year, which will open up more opportunities for them and help to improve the lives of their families by giving them... National News
Labour just tried to block Britain leaving the EU AGAIN 10th January 2020 Last night Parliament backed the Prime Minister’s Brexit Deal at its Third Reading, building on our overwhelming mandate to get Brexit done by 31 January and... National News
MPs back the Prime Minister's plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. 20th December 2019 Today MPs voted to back the Prime Minister's plan for the UaK to leave the EU on 31 January. National News
Boris Johnson’s speech outside Downing Street 13th December 2019 Boris Johnson delivered his first speech outside No. 10 Downing Street since the General Election. He told the UK how he would form a people’s Government... National News
Enough is enough. Vote Conservative and let’s get it done. 12th December 2019 In his polling day message to voters, the Prime Minister asks the public to vote Conservative. National News
