By Belinda Ryan
More people will need Cheshire East’s emergency assistance scheme to support their families once the £20 universal credit uplift ends, a councillor has said.
The scheme provides rent deposits, furniture, white goods and emergency food to vulnerable people facing immediate hardship following a crisis or disaster or to prevent homelessness and to keep families together.
Nantwich Town councillors have rejected a new Cheshire East Council draft policy on how it will transfer its assets in future.
In the past, the town council has taken over CEC assets such as the Civic Hall, indoor market and public toilets.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Bin collections have been disrupted in some areas of Cheshire East because of the impact of Covid and the availability of HGV drivers.
Cheshire East has managed to deliver local essential services throughout the pandemic and, unlike some local authorities, has maintained bin collections.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Learning disability nurses, clinical support workers and care staff are quitting their jobs in Cheshire East because they can earn more working in supermarkets or in pubs.
And Cheshire East is now experiencing “real workforce pressures” in the healthcare sector, bosses told members of Cheshire East Council’s scrutiny committee.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council is owed a staggering £23.25 million in council tax, new figures have shown.
The figure, obtained under FOI by Local Democracy Reporting Service, accounts for the years since the local authority was founded in 2009 to the end of the last financial year in April 2021.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Car parking income in Cheshire East was down by more than £3 million last year compared to the previous year because of the pandemic.
Cheshire East suspended parking charges between March 27 and June 15 last year because of Covid-19.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council saved more than £920,000 on staff mileage claims in 2020/21 because of the Covid pandemic.
Figures released by the council in a report to the corporate policy committee reveal mileage claimed by staff in the 2020 calendar year was down by 41% compared to 2019, with over 1.2 million fewer miles being claimed.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nearly 700 vulnerable households were helped by Cheshire East Council’s emergency assistance scheme as they struggled to keep their families fed and a roof over their heads.
Figures released by the council show 1,284 claims were made for assistance under the scheme in the financial year 2020/21.
More than 2,000 children and young people across Cheshire East have participated in hundreds of free summer holiday activities.
Activities were funded by the government’s Holiday Activity Programme, coordinated by Cheshire East Council.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Businesses affected by the 16-week closure of a stretch of the busy A51 at Wardle near Nantwich want to know why the work wasn’t done during lockdown.
A section of the main A51 route from Nantwich to Chester is to be closed between the junction of Bougheys Distribution and the Texaco Petrol Station from Tuesday August 31 for essential work to stabilise the road.
Councillors in Nantwich want to hear the public’s view – on whether to re-open public loos!
The town council has launched a survey to see whether there is support for the refurbishment and reopening of the Snowhill public toilets in the town.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has given the go-ahead for a gypsy and traveller transit site on land off Cledford Lane in Middlewich.
Six councillors voted in favour, four against and one abstained following a two and a half hour debate at the heated strategic planning board meeting.
Cheshire East Council chiefs say they are supporting the Home Office in rehoming Afghan families fleeing their home country after the dramatic events of the past few days.
CEC says it will provide temporary accommodation for an undisclosed number of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country as US forces withdraw.
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