By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Agency rates for care staff are “going through the roof” with some nursing homes having to pay £75 an hour for a qualified nurse, one of the council’s top bosses has said.
The demand for NHS and care staff is mounting with vacancies unfilled across the country.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East’s planning department is under so much pressure because of recruitment problems that some staff are off sick and one new starter left after just six weeks.
A resourcing review is already under way and new executive director of place Jayne Traverse has offered to do a full review of the system.
Crewe and Nantwich MP saying voting for a change to a planned Environment Bill outlawing sewage dumping is not financially practical.
Dr Kieran Mullan hit back at critics who blasted him and other Tory MPs who voted against a bid to amend the Bill to stop water companies dumping sewage in streams and rivers.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has granted a premises licence for the Dorfold Park Showground, home to the Nantwich Show for decades.
The showground, operating since 1946 and owned by Charles Roundell, has hosted community events such as Spooktacular and charity functions for years.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
An advisory panel has been set up to look at future cemetery provision in Cheshire East after a councillor branded the existing strategy “callous” and “ludicrous”.
Cheshire East reviewed the strategy in 2018 and a long term proposal was that families would have to bury loved ones in Crewe or Macclesfield as other local cemeteries became full.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Bin collections are being missed in parts of Cheshire East as the council revealed it is still struggling to recruit drivers and has five vacancies to fill.
Ansa, CEC’s wholly-owned company responsible for waste collection, has taken to social media to apologise for missed collections due to driver shortages.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A Cheshire East councillor has said it is “completely unfair” year six SATS are going ahead next year and asked whether the council plans to challenge it.
Cllr Laura Smith (Crewe South, Lab) told a meeting of the children and families committee she had an interest because she has a child in year six.
Cheshire East Council has drawn up what it says are “ambitious plans” to transform bus services across the borough.
It hopes the Cheshire East Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) will boost the number of people using buses, which has fallen 24% in the past decade.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Conservative councillors have accused Cheshire East of “dumbing down” ambitions for Crewe after plans for a link road bridge near the railway station were shelved.
Members of the council’s corporate policy committee voted to revoke a previous Cabinet decision in 2019 on the Crewe Southern Link Road Bridge preferred route and to revoke the decision of Cabinet in March 2020 to consult on the draft Crewe Hub Area Action Plan.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Police have said no action is to be taken following seven lengthy investigations into Cheshire East Council.
The investigations included allegations relating to land transactions at Middlewich and Crewe.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is deciding on a case by case basis if children in the council’s care should be given the Covid vaccine if birth parents do not consent.
Annemarie Parker, head of service for cared for children and care leavers, told a corporate parenting committee that the local authority sought consent from the parents of cared for children aged 12 to 15.
Cheshire East Council is seeking the views of residents to update its municipal parks strategy.
Parks and green spaces have become more integral to our daily lives in improving mental and physical health and wellbeing.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A South Cheshire couple have applied to knock down their home and rebuild it higher up the garden because they can’t get help to prevent it from flooding a third time.
But Steve Blackie says Cheshire East Council is dragging its heels over the planning application and he fears his Church Minshull home could flood again.
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