Dear Editor,
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer, and one of the greatest health challenges facing society.
Earlier this year the UK Government announced a ‘visionary’ 10-year Plan for Dementia, aiming to increase diagnosis and support people with their health and care needs.
Business cases for two major projects in Crewe have been approved by government.
Project leaders say the approval marks a milestone as Crewe Town Board believes it “shows confidence in our vision for Crewe”.
Cheshire East Council has submitted three bids to round two of the government’s Levelling Up Fund, the authority has confirmed.
The Levelling Up Fund is designed to invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is bidding for nearly £158k of government funding to install electric vehicle charging points in its towns.
The council has identified sites in nine towns – including Snow Hill car park in Nantwich – as part of this phase to install charging points for residents unable to charge vehicles at home.
Dear Editor
All Cheshire East Conservatives are delighted by the £12 million fund that this Government has allocated to Family Hubs.
Some of this money is now coming to Cheshire East.
Cheshire East Council bosses say they will make nearly 130,000 council tax energy rebate payments having been allocated £19.2m from the government.
The council is setting up two schemes for the £150 rebate.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Care workers should be well paid for doing a tough and sometimes “unpleasant” job just as miners were in past years for digging coal, a Cheshire East councillor said.
Cllr Stewart Gardiner was speaking at a Cheshire East Council meeting where it was announced the authority has been awarded £982,203 to help recruit and retain care staff during the winter months.
Dear Editor,
I am calling on the local Labour run Town and Borough Councils and the Tory MP to lobby the Government hard to improve broadband speeds in parts of Crewe.
Crewe is already the most economically and socially deprived town in the whole of Cheshire East.
Despite the whirlwind of the impact that the pandemic has had on companies, new research reveals that almost 20,000 entrepreneurs started new tech businesses in the UK last year according to Government figures – the equivalent to a new business created every half hour in 2020!
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East’s entire Covid-related costs have been funded by the government to date and not the council.
The revelation comes after the authority predicted the impact of the Covid pandemic would cost about £70 million and swallow up the council’s reserves.
Cheshire MPs are urging the Government to select Leighton Hospital as one of eight in the country to benefit from a multi-billion pound building programme.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan, Eddisbury MP Edward Timpson, and Congleton MP Fiona Bruce say they have written a joint letter to new Health Secretary Sajid Javid.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has called on the Government to rethink a decision to freeze police officers pay.
Last week, the Government made the decision to freeze police officer pay for all of those whose salaries exceed £24,000 in 2021/22.
Cheshire East will not take action at this time regarding the review of parliamentary constituencies, saying the suggested changes don’t impact significantly on the borough council, writes Belinda Ryan.
But the local authority does believe it may have to make representations during the second round of consultation, once Cheshire West and Chester Council makes its views known to the Boundary Commission.
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