Labour & Independents seek Government Approval to raise extra Council Tax without a Public Referendum Monday, 13 January, 2025 Every year, Councils are legally required to produce a balanced budget. Every year we hear a litany of reasons why CEC is sliding further and further into debt. All Councils are under significant fiscal pressures, but CEC’s Labour-Independent administration is a national outlier in significant budget areas and consistently fails to deliver its own annual budget promises. In February 2024, CEC’s... 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
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
We are committed to securing justice for victims 20th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce an ambitious package of measures to support the victims of crime, the party has announced today. National News
Boris Johnson won the first Leaders' Debate 20th November 2019 Tonight Boris Johnson set out the choice facing voters at this election – a majority Government that can get Brexit done so the country can move on, or yet... National News
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
Corbyn’s Pension Tax to cost savers £11,000 and force millions to delay retirement 18th November 2019 New analysis of Corbyn’s tax raid on pensions reveals that 10 million savers could lose an average of over £11,000 and be forced to delay retirement by almost... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy: Even More Chaos and Indecision 18th November 2019 As per usual, Labour are only offering more talk, more delay and more indecision on Brexit. National News
