Letters & Opinion

LETTER: Why is duel fuel in Cheshire more expensive?

LETTER: Why is duel fuel in Cheshire more expensive?

Dear Editor
I contacted you about this on 14th October 2022 and also copied in our MP asking him to contact Ofgem and provide a comment quickly to his constituents through Nantwich News.

The question was – why Cheshire had to pay for Duel Fuel £121 more than the cheapest area?

February 7, 2023
LETTER: People unaware of photo ID at polling stations

LETTER: People unaware of photo ID at polling stations

Dear Editor,
The new requirement to show a specific photo ID at polling stations, which kicks in on the 4th May in certain parts of the country, is the biggest change to how we vote in a generation.

It’s going to come as a surprise to many voters – a poll published on the 13th January 2023 found that just 33% of people were aware of this requirement.

February 4, 2023
LETTER: Parking charges in Cheshire East is “absolute scandal”

LETTER: Parking charges in Cheshire East is “absolute scandal”

Dear Editor,
Labour run Cheshire East plans to increase parking charges in Crewe by a whopping 10%.

Instead of £1.20 for two hours it will be £1.32. Crewe is the biggest but the most economically and socially deprived town in Cheshire East.

January 30, 2023
LETTER: “Shocking” CEC Labour plan to close libraries on Saturdays

LETTER: “Shocking” CEC Labour plan to close libraries on Saturdays

Dear Editor,
Shockingly, Labour-run Cheshire East are proposing to shut libraries on a Saturday and reduce opening hours on other days.

‘Putting Crewe First’ is totally opposed to this.

January 26, 2023
LETTER: Readers should look at CEC Budget consultation

LETTER: Readers should look at CEC Budget consultation

Dear Editor,
May I ask readers to take a look at the Cheshire East 2023/4 BUDGET consultation.

This is just a taster. Highlights include spending most of the Children and Families budget in Crewe.

January 16, 2023
LETTER: Parts of Crewe town centre in “deplorable state”

LETTER: Parts of Crewe town centre in “deplorable state”

Dear Editor,
Parts of Crewe Town centre are in a deplorable state, like the public square in the Market Centre, near to Asda and W H Smith.

We have asked the Council to clean it up.

January 15, 2023
LETTER: Not single brick laid as special school costs double

LETTER: Not single brick laid as special school costs double

Dear Editor,
Back in July 2021, the first Children’s and Families Committee, was asked to invoke the Urgent Decision Procedure to expedite the remodelling of the CE Dean Row building as a satellite expansion site for Springfield Special School at a cost of £3 million.

January 11, 2023
READER’S LETTER: Crewe residents can’t afford police tax rise

READER’S LETTER: Crewe residents can’t afford police tax rise

Dear Editor
The Police Council Tax in Cheshire has gone up by 7.3%, 13.6%, 5% , 7.1% and 4.4% over the last five years.

Now, amazingly, the Tory Police Commissioner wants to increase the Police Council Tax by a huge 6.4% this year.

January 3, 2023
READER’S LETTER: Why is CEC planning to build housing on Crewe car parks?

READER’S LETTER: Why is CEC planning to build housing on Crewe car parks?

Dear Editor,
Cheshire East are planning to close and build housing on two of the main car parks in Crewe town centre, Delamere Street and Chester Street.

The lost car parking spaces will be replaced by a six-storey 390 place car park, on the Royal Arcade development site in the town centre, costing Cheshire East taxpayers a huge £11,315,315.

December 21, 2022
Janet Clowes, Conservative group leader

READER’S LETTER: CEC committee system “devaluing” elected councillors

Dear Editor
At December’s Full Council meeting Council Leader Sam Corcoran used his “Leader Speaking Time” to bewail rising risks, demand for care services and rising inflation and predicting £20m shortfalls in next year’s budget.

December 19, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Join the NHS Organ Donor Register

READER’S LETTER: Join the NHS Organ Donor Register

Dear Editor,
More than 6,800 people in the UK are spending the festive season/start of 2023 waiting for an organ transplant – and over 220 of these patients are children*.

These mums, dads, wives, husbands, partners, daughters, sons can only be saved by someone giving them the greatest gift, the gift of life.

December 13, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Everybody Leisure cutting classes

READER’S LETTER: Everybody Leisure cutting classes

Dear Editor,
I am a member of Everybody Leisure and I regularly attend classes at the Nantwich leisure centre.

Unfortunately, classes are being cut to save money on what would seem to be random criteria.

December 12, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Where is Govt’s 10-year “Plan for Dementia”?

READER’S LETTER: Where is Govt’s 10-year “Plan for Dementia”?

Dear Editor,
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer, and one of the greatest health challenges facing society.

Earlier this year the UK Government announced a ‘visionary’ 10-year Plan for Dementia, aiming to increase diagnosis and support people with their health and care needs.

December 6, 2022