By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is proposing to increase spending on services by more than £16m in 2022/23 and is looking for an £11.8m increase in council tax to help fund it.
The Medium Term Financial Strategy (budget) will be voted on at full council on Thursday (February 24).
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Council tax payers in Cheshire East look set for a 2.99% hike from April adding £47.21 a year to a bill for a Band D property.
Members of the corporate policy committee agreed to recommend that full council approves the increase as part of its budget for 2022/3.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East residents look set to see an increase of 4.43% in the amount they pay towards policing.
If the increase suggested by Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer is ratified by the police and crime panel on Friday (February 4) that will mean an extra £10 a year on the police precept for a band D council tax payer across the county.
By Mark Smith, local democracy reporter
Council tax payers across Cheshire could be asked to stump up more cash to help fund policing.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has launched a survey seeking views of residents on raising the police precept – the component of Council Tax which helps fund Cheshire Constabulary – by 83p a month.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Some Cheshire East residents won’t have to pay any council tax from next April following changes being made to the support scheme.
At present people in receipt of benefits such as jobseeker’s allowance or income support get 75% of their council tax paid under the council tax support scheme.
Nantwich Town Councillors have voted for a 12.5% decrease in council tax for 2022-23.
The town council’s precept was agreed at a council meeting on Thursday, and comes after a controversial move last year to raise it by more than 40%.
Cheshire East Council is proposing to increase Council Tax for thousands of residents by 1.99% for the next four years.
The authority says the proposal is necessary because of increased demand for vital services.
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.
Cheshire East Council has launched a consultation on plans to boost council tax support scheme offer by £3.37m over the next three years for families on low incomes.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A massive 37% more working age households applied for council tax support in Cheshire East during the pandemic.
In May 2019, 9,306 working age households applied for the support.
Dear Editor,
Do you want to be sure your historic Parish remains unique and intact?
If so, you need to support your Parish Councils now.
Dear Editor,
Letter sent to Nantwich Town Council.
I have examined the summary of the Capital and Revenue Budget for 2021/ 22 and would make the following general observations.
Dear Editor,
There is no justification for Council tax increases this year.
But despite that, Crewe residents will have to pay an increased Council Tax to no less than all the four authorities they are obliged in law to pay…..and in most cases the increases are many times over the rate of inflation.
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