By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council risks being “a council of the retired, for the retired” unless it increases councillors’ allowances to attract younger candidates, members said.
All CEC councillors currently have a basic allowance of £12,851, with the council leader having a special responsibility allowance (SRA) of £29,517 on the top of that and the deputy an SRA of £17,820.
Ben Fletcher was selected as the Tory candidate for the Cheshire and Warrington Mayoral elections at a packed meeting of Conservatives in Nantwich Civic Hall last night (September 21).
The elections are due to be held for the first time in May 2027 as part of Government plans for devolution in Cheshire.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is jeopardising the financial stability of some town and parish councils by delaying telling them how much they will have to pay for local election costs, a councillor has said.
The decision to get the lower tier councils to stump up the costs for their local elections for the first time, was included in Cheshire East’s budget in February this year.
Dear Editor,
Last Thursday, the nation exercised its democratic mandate, “voted for change” – and change is what the nation certainly got!
In Cheshire East, we lost two exemplary MPs, David Rutley (Macclesfield) and Fiona Bruce (Congleton)
South Cheshire Chamber bosses say they hope to work with new Crewe & Nantwich MP Connor Naismith to help the area “achieve its potential”.
Mr Naismith was elected as the new Labour MP for Crewe & Nantwich as his party secured a landslide general election victory on Thursday.
New Crewe & Nantwich Labour MP Connor Naismith says he intends to bring “hope” to his constituents after winning back the seat.
Mr Naismith polled 20,837 votes pushing Conservative candidate Ben Fletcher into second place with 11,110. Reform were hot on the heels of the Tories polling 9,602.
Conservatives have managed to win the Chester South and Eddisbury constituency.
It a close battle with Labour though for a seat which takes in sone of the rural wards near Nantwich of Audlem, Bunbury, Wrenbury and Wybunbury.
ELECTION SPECIAL
With just days to go now until the General Election, we’ve compiled a full rundown of all EIGHT candidates fighting for the Crewe & Nantwich seat.
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The Great British summer always delivers in terms of sporting action.
Sure, the weather is not always dependable, but we are always guaranteed to have a feast of sport on the menu.
Crewe and Nantwich Constituency Labour Party has opened a campaign office in Crewe town centre.
They say it act as a hub for the party’s bid to win the Crewe & Nantwich constituency seat for its candidate Connor Naismith in the July 4 general election.
Dear Editor,
Oh dear, oh dear.
The Prime Minister stood in the rain outside 10 Downing Street to announce the election and ruined his suit, which no doubt cost thousands, by getting it soaked with rain – apparently his much vaunted “plan” didn’t include having someone to hold an umbrella over his head.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Labour kicked off its election campaign in Crewe and Nantwich by wheeling in one of the big guns as it fights to snatch back the seat from the Conservatives.
Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry was in Crewe yesterday (Tuesday) to support local parliamentary candidate Connor Naismith, who is hoping to overturn a Conservative majority of 8,508.
Dear Editor,
Despite his nationwide string of defeats in last Thursday’s elections, Rishi Sunak says he’s confident that voters will “stick with” the Conservative Party at the next election.
That would be a novelty, given that even his own party members did not stick with him – when he went head to head with Liz Truss to be Tory leader, they voted for her instead of him, and as the loser he only got to take her place after she crashed the economy.
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