Dear Editor
It is hard to believe but the present Labour-run Cheshire East Council is even worse than the previous Tory administration of Cllr Jones.
Let’s look at their record in Crewe, where Labour have a total monopoly of both Town and Borough Councillors.
More than 2,700 people and organisations voiced their views on the second phase of Cheshire East Council’s Local Plan Strategy.
The authority has summarised those views in a new 188-page Site Allocations and Development Policies Document (SADPD).
Cheshire East Council is facing a massive £41 million budget shortfall this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new statistics revealed today.
And it could be one of many authorities considering a S114 notice – which effectively declares those authorities bankrupt.
The postponed “Pride in the Park event” scheduled to take place at Queens Park in Crewe has now been set a new date – as a a “Virtual Pride” event.
Virtual Pride 2020 will take place on Saturday July 25 from 2-7pm.
Three councils across Cheshire have secured £5.4m in European funding to support young people and adults who need help to find work, training or further education.
The “free after 3pm” parking initiative will be retained on certain car parks from June 15, including Snow Hill in Nantwich.
Cheshire East Council confirmed this as it issued a defence of its decision to re-introduce parking charges from Monday as non-essential shops re-open.
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition in just 12 hours calling for Cheshire East Council not to reintroduce parking charges from June 15.
We revealed yesterday how the authority was going to bring back charges across its car parks in Nantwich, Crewe and other towns.
Cheshire East Council is to reintroduce parking charges across Nantwich and the rest of the borough from Monday (June 15).
But the move has been criticised by Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan, who has called for a rethink.
Cheshire East Council admitted today they will not be able to move the latest unauthorised travellers encampment in Nantwich.
Travellers arrived on the Cheshire East-owned Love Lane car park yesterday evening (June 3).
Cheshire East Council is joining other local authorities in pressing Government for additional funding to meet the rising costs of COVID-19.
It comes as the council revealed the impact of Coronavirus could already be £60 million.
Dear Editor,
Did my ears deceive me or did Cllr Sam Corcoran, Leader of Cheshire East Council, inform his Cabinet (on Tues May 5) and his residents how marvellous it is to ride his bike on empty roads in lovely clean air?
By Aran Dhillon, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council chiefs have approved “one of the most ambitious” plans in the country centred on making Cheshire East carbon neutral by 2025.
The authority’s cabinet approved an environment strategy to respond to the ‘global threat’ posed by climate change at its virtual meeting yesterday (May 5).
Scores of companies which have helped “shielded” Cheshire East residents during the Coronavirus pandemic have been praised by council chiefs.
The NHS identified 1.5 million people most at risk of needing hospital treatment if they catch COVID-19 and who have been asked to stay at home for at least 12 weeks from being notified.
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