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Cheshire East Conservatives challenge parking charges decision

Cheshire East Conservatives challenge parking charges decision

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Tories are challenging the decision to introduce parking charges in free towns and hike up prices in others saying flawed data was used and relevant information wasn’t considered.

Former council leader Rachel Bailey (Audlem, Con) has called-in last month’s highways committee decision to implement a new charging policy across Cheshire East and asked that it be referred to full council for further debate.

February 20, 2024
New garden waste charges won’t rake in as much, CEC councillors warn

New garden waste charges won’t rake in as much, CEC councillors warn

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is unlikely to rake in the millions it forecast by introducing garden waste charges and the knock-on effects could impact the council’s carbon neutral target, the Tories claim.

Plans to introduce the charges were voted through as part of the budget in February.

June 14, 2023
READER’S LETTER: Politicians “make life difficult” for elderly

READER’S LETTER: Politicians “make life difficult” for elderly

Dear Editor
Politicians of all colours and the BBC are doing their best to make life difficult for the elderly.

First, the Tories proposed a deeply unpopular ‘Dementia Tax’ in their 2017 Manifesto.

July 27, 2021
UKIP councillors in Crewe and Nantwich welcome Carswell defection

UKIP councillors in Crewe and Nantwich welcome Carswell defection

UKIP councillors in Crewe and Nantwich said today a Tory MP’s defection to their party is a “fantastic boost”.

Douglas Carswell (pictured) announced today he has quit as a Conservative MP for Clacton, resigned from the party and defected to UKIP.

August 28, 2014