Cheshire Police has unveiled its new “community policing” model with “dedicated officers and PCSOs” in 122 community areas.
It will include new police bases in community and village halls in and around Nantwich.
Leighton Hospital is to receive £9 million of Government funding to upgrade its A&E ahead of Winter, it was announced.
The money is for the “reconfiguration and expansion of Emergency Care services” at the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust site.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan has dismissed claims by local Labour politicians that Leighton Hospital has missed out on vital Government funding for winter.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals is not among the 117 trusts which are set to receive a share of £300 million set aside by Government.
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In the years that Cllr David Brown has been a Cheshire East borough councillor, he was the portfolio holder for highways and deputy leader of Cheshire East Council, until he lost his position due to a police enquiry over funding.
Eddisbury MP Edward Timpson said schools in Calveley and Tarporley will benefit from Government funding to improve school facilities.
The constituency has been allocated a share of £434 million investment to expand classrooms, upgrade facilities and improve education across the UK.
Cheshire East Council leaders have criticised as “wholly inadequate” a government funding package to help councils hit by COVID-19 costs.
Leader and Deputy Leader Cllr Sam Corcoran and Cllr Craig Browne said most of the £27 billion headlining the announcement had already been delivered to businesses in grants.
A South Cheshire charity providing emergency accommodation for women suffering domestic abuse is to receive a share of £8.1 million government funding.
Cheshire Without Abuse, based in Crewe, is to get £231,600 as part of a funding package announced by Homelessness Minister Luke Hall.
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.
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.
Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner has offered funding to organisations that provide services to the police during the Coronavirus crisis.
PCC David Keane said he wants to assure organisations he funds will still receive support as many community organisations and businesses have to pause activities.
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Cheshire East Council has been given £400,000 of Government funding to help the borough’s rough sleepers.
The council will receive £438,329.30 from a £112 million pot as part of the government’s rough sleeping programme.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan says £66.4 million Government investment in local schools should be welcomed.
He says it is the largest funding boost in a decade, but comes amid growing anger from “Fairer Funding for Schools” campaigners who say Cheshire East is being short-changed.
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