Cheshire Police is pressing ahead with controversial plans to slash the number of PCSO posts across the county by 70%, despite a public backlash.
In a letter, Assistant Chief Constable Alison Ross said that following conclusion of the internal consultation “the proposal to reduce the number of PCSO (police community support officer) posts from 87 to 27 will now be progressed”.
Highways bosses at Cheshire East Council have laid the blame for the A51 Reaseheath bypass delay firmly at the developers’ door.
In a statement finally issued today – a week after Nantwich News contacted the council – they said delays were down to a lack of “highways agreements” to allow the road to be adopted.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has formally submitted a planning application for a new Leighton Hospital on land next to the existing site.
The application, submitted to Cheshire East Council, includes a six-storey hospital plus rooftop plant, with ancillary buildings for a Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD) and new energy infrastructure.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A councillor has called for a review of the funding formula which sees Cheshire East allocated just a third of the amount some other councils receive for children with special needs.
Cllr Laura Crane, chair of Cheshire East’s children and families committee, is urging all councillors to lobby their MPs to ensure the funding formula is revisited as soon as possible.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is urging the county’s Chief Constable to scrap plans which could see up to 70% of the county’s PCSOs axed.
All but one of the 69 councillors present at the latest full council backed a notice of motion from Wybunbury Cllr Janet Clowes and Cllr Julie Smith calling for plans to axe 60 of the 87 roles to be rescinded.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Connor Naismith says he has “demanded” an explanation for why the A51 Reaseheath bypass opening has been delayed yet again.
We revealed earlier this week how the long-awaited route may now not be open until at least June 2026.
The new Reaseheath bypass has again been delayed and will not be open until at least June 2026, it emerged today.
And those behind the construction, a consortium of Kingsbourne housing developers, laid the blame for the delay at the door of Cheshire East Council highways.
Crewe and Nantwich residents are being encouraged to check the council’s website for changes to their bin collection schedule during the festive period.
There will be no black or silver bin collections on any of the Bank Holidays – Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Two Cheshire East councillors are calling for a ban on mobile phones in all the authority’s maintained schools.
Independent councillors David Jefferay (Wilmslow) and Emma Gilman (Macclesfield) will be presenting a motion to full council today (December 10th) calling for the authority to back a phone-free environment throughout the school day.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council finds itself in turmoil again at the top level with the chief executive off work “currently unwell” and a senior director resigning “by mutual agreement” with immediate effect.
A spokesperson for the council told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “Rob Polkinghorne, chief executive of Cheshire East Council, is currently unwell and is not in work.
By Belinda Ryan
Cheshire East councillors are being urged to oppose plans by Cheshire Police Chief Constable which could see up to 60 of the county’s 87 PCSOs axed.
The force launched an internal consultation last month to save £13 million over the next four years through reducing PCSOs (police community support officers) and redistributing warranted police officers into neighbourhood policing teams.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has granted permission “in principle” for two separate small developments in Bunbury.
But councillors have raised concerns that both sites could be for large houses ‘which are not needed’.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council spent the equivalent of nearly £202,000 in staff time investigating complaints about councillors in 2024/25.
A total of 44 complaints were received by the monitoring officer during the last financial year. Of these, 36 related to town or parish councillors.
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