By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council paid out more than £700,000 to agency workers in the last two full calendar years to cover for staff sickness.
Figures obtained by the Local Democracy Reporting Service through a freedom of information request also revealed 63,644 working days were lost at the council in the same period – between January 2022 and December 2023.
Cheshire Police chiefs are urging people who work in the night time economy to complete a free bystander intervention training session.
The sessions are aimed at keeping people safe by identifying and preventing incidents such as sexual harassment of customers.
Dear Editor,
The pandemic has been an unsettling and stressful time for us all, but while we have navigated this unprecedented time, one of the things that has remained constant is the hard work of supermarket shop floor workers who put themselves at an increased risk to keep our fridges and cupboards stocked.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
More than £1.3 million was spent on agency social workers by Cheshire East Council last year.
A Freedom of Information request to the council shows that officials sanctioned a £1,370,528 spend on agency social workers in the 2019-20 municipal term.
Bentley Motors said today an “urgent reduction in the workforce” was needed for the South Cheshire car maker to survive in the future.
It comes as one of the region’s biggest employers confirmed plans to lose up to 1,000 workers.
A mystery donor from Nantwich has offered to pay for over-worked NHS staff to have their ironing done during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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