Letters & Opinion

LETTER: Crackdown on over-running utility works

LETTER: Crackdown on over-running utility works

Dear Editor,
When utility company roadworks overrun, it’s motorists who pay the price with congestion, detours and longer journeys.

This is why I’ve announced a plan to crack down on works by utility companies overrunning.

January 23, 2024
Cllr Janet Clowes

LETTER: Cheshire East Council – reserves, revenue and risk

Dear Editor
Okay, council finances are dry reading but CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy) offers a useful explanation of Council Reserves because reserves are important.

They 1) cushion the impacts of uneven cash flows and avoid temporary borrowing. 2) provide a contingency for unexpected emergencies and 3) can be ‘earmarked’ to meet anticipated requirements.

January 21, 2024
LETTER: Cheshire East Council Budget Consultation 2024-25

LETTER: Cheshire East Council Budget Consultation 2024-25

Dear Editor,
In one of the documents of Cheshire East Council Budget Consultation, you show that central support has dropped for £55M to near zero over 10 years, then state that “The council must therefore do things differently for less”

January 17, 2024
LETTER: Boundary changes make election hard to call

LETTER: Boundary changes make election hard to call

Dear Editor
Everyone knows that there will be an election this year, and most people will be aware that boundary changes have redrawn the electoral map, so even though the polls suggest a big swing to Labour its harder to predict this one.

Sam Dixon, the popular sitting MP for the old Chester constituency, is standing for Labour in the new Chester North and Neston.

January 17, 2024
LETTER: Join Lymphoma Action for new year fundraising challenge

LETTER: Join Lymphoma Action for new year fundraising challenge

Dear Editor,
The new year is a great opportunity to set a new goal, so in 2024 why not join Lymphoma Action for a fundraising challenge to show your support for people affected by lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

January 11, 2024
LETTER: Rishi Sunak is “squatting” in Downing Street

LETTER: Rishi Sunak is “squatting” in Downing Street

Dear Editor
This tired and discredited Government has now been running for 14 years, through five Prime Ministers and a musical chairs game of Ministers flip-flopping from one post to another, sometimes after only weeks in the job.

January 8, 2024
LETTER: Show your support for Lymphoma Action this Christmas

LETTER: Show your support for Lymphoma Action this Christmas

Dear Editor,
Christmas is a time of giving, and this year we are asking people to make a difference and show their support for people affected by lymphoma, the UK’s fifth most common cancer.

It’s never easy for anyone to find out they have lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

December 7, 2023
LETTER: Why did new CEC chief executive leave Southend?

LETTER: Why did new CEC chief executive leave Southend?

Dear Editor
Why did the new Cheshire East Chief Executive leave Southend after just eight months?

The former Chief Executive of Southend, who left his post suddenly after only eight months, is to be the new Chief Executive of Cheshire East, on a salary of around £3,500 a WEEK, plus pension costs.

December 3, 2023
LETTER: HS2 silver lining for Audlem?

LETTER: HS2 silver lining for Audlem?

Dear Editor,
When the government announced its plans to scrap HS2, the region around Crewe was devastated but now it appears that there may be a silver lining to the cancellation.

Questions are being asked by residents of the village of Audlem in Cheshire as to whether, with the plans the government has announced to open more branch lines and invest more locally in the north west, the old train line to Audlem which finally closed in 1967 is going to be reopened and the station rebuilt!

November 10, 2023
LETTER: Cheshire Police out of touch with residents

LETTER: Cheshire Police out of touch with residents

Dear Editor,
Cheshire Police are totally out of touch with the residents of Crewe.

Crewe residents want crime detected and criminals taken off the street.

November 5, 2023
LETTER: Crewe Alex – FA Cup twilight robbery

LETTER: Crewe Alex – FA Cup twilight robbery

The Alex were robbed. How can they have 6 minutes (plus 13%) added time on top of 45 minutes and then go an extra 1.07 minutes over the 6.

There were substitutes but that is the part of the game today so should be included as part of the match.

November 5, 2023
LETTER: A war against the motorist in Crewe

LETTER: A war against the motorist in Crewe

Dear Editor
The war against the motorist in Crewe, being waged by Labour run Cheshire East, continues apace.

Instead of wasting our taxes on playing around with speed limits, their top priority should be fixing the increasing number of dangerous potholes and unblocking the grids, that are causing flooding across the town.

October 31, 2023
LETTER: Crewe went from railway hub to HS2 ghost town

LETTER: Crewe went from railway hub to HS2 ghost town

Dear Editor
How Crewe went from railway hub to an HS2 ghost town.

Crewe was due to be a major interchange on the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2.

October 19, 2023