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LETTER: Cheshire East short of common sense, not money

LETTER: Cheshire East short of common sense, not money

Dear Editor,
Labour run Cheshire East are not short of money. Cheshire East is short of good management and common sense.

If the Council was managed properly there would be no need for the usual inflation busting Council Tax increases each year.

March 6, 2024
Connor Naismith

Housing estate residents’ anger lost Labour Crewe Central by election

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Residents’ “justified anger” at Cheshire East over the lived-in housing estate which lost its planning permission was “probably a significant factor” in Labour losing the Crewe Central by-election, a councillor said.

Labour’s Connor Naismith, who represents Crewe West, was speaking after the Conservatives snatched the neighbouring Crewe Central seat from Labour on Thursday.

February 11, 2024
Tory councillors formally challenge CEC £56 green waste charge

Tory councillors formally challenge CEC £56 green waste charge

Tory councillors on Cheshire East Council have said they are “formally challenging” the authority’s plan to charge £56 for garden waste collections.

Labour-led CEC says the charge is necessary as the council is facing a £20 million funding gap and that other authorities already charge for the collections.

August 9, 2023
LETTER: No shortage of CEC money for councillor allowances

LETTER: No shortage of CEC money for councillor allowances

Dear Editor,
Labour run Cheshire East increased councillor allowances by a whopping £500 a year …and they have even backdated it.

But they voted NOT to increase allowances before the election in May.

July 28, 2023
LETTER: A Cheshire East Paradox in Planning AND Partnership

LETTER: A Cheshire East Paradox in Planning AND Partnership

Dear Editor,
At last week’s full Council meeting we witnessed an irate Independent Leader attempt to hold his Labour partners to account, as they kicked-back over scrapping the Strategic Planning Board to save money.

He spectacularly failed!

July 24, 2023
Connor Naismith selected as Labour candidate for Crewe & Nantwich

Connor Naismith selected as Labour candidate for Crewe & Nantwich

Labour has selected Connor Naismith as its Parliamentary Candidate for the next General Election.

It follows a hustings and vote of local Labour Party members. Mr Naismith won a majority of votes cast

July 5, 2023
LETTER: New Crewe car park ” blot on the landscape”

LETTER: New Crewe car park ” blot on the landscape”

Dear Editor,
The new multi storey car park in Crewe Town Centre is a monument to the stupidity of Crewe’s Labour Councillors.

Nobody asked for a multi storey car park. Nobody wants a multi storey car park.

June 10, 2023
Connor Naismith

Labour councillor to stand for Crewe & Nantwich MP candidacy

Councillor and Labour Chief Whip Connor Naismith is to apply for the Labour candidacy in Crewe and Nantwich at the next general election.

Cllr Naismith currently represents Crewe West ward on Cheshire East Council.

May 29, 2023
CEC Independent leader’s tweet hits back at Tories over leadership role

CEC Independent leader’s tweet hits back at Tories over leadership role

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The leader of the Independent group on Cheshire East Council said the Conservative group would be running the council with them if they had agreed to share the leadership.

Cllr Craig Browne’s tweet came after Conservative group leader Janet Clowes said she found it “extraordinary” the Independents had agreed to run the council with Labour again and give residents “four more years of the same”.

May 17, 2023
Cllr Craig Browne

Cheshire East Council to be run by Labour/Independent coalition

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council will again be run by a joint Labour/Independent administration for the next four years.

Independent group leader Cllr Craig Browne confirmed his members had opted to work with Labour rather the Conservatives following “intense negotiations” with both parties.

May 16, 2023
Political parties talk over who will run Cheshire East Council

Political parties talk over who will run Cheshire East Council

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
No decision has yet been made on who will run Cheshire East Council – with the Independent group in talks with both Labour and the Conservatives.

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives won the required 42 seats to take overall control of the council in the May 4 elections.

May 10, 2023
Labour win more seats on Nantwich Town Council

Labour win more seats on Nantwich Town Council

Labour have made significant gains on Nantwich Town Council after the local election counts were completed for town and parish councils over the weekend.

With Nantwich now being expanded from two to three wards, there will be five councillors representing each ward.

May 8, 2023
Arthur Moran

LOCAL ELECTIONS: Reaction after big changes for Cheshire East Council

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich has a completely different make-up on Cheshire East Council following a shock result with three of its four borough councillors being Labour.

Overall, the council remains in no overall control with 33 Conservative councillors, 31 Labour, 16 Independents and 2 Lib Democrats. Labour made six gains overall, and the Tories three.

May 6, 2023