Cheshire East Council permitted to borrow up to £35m to help balance the 2026-27 Budget Tuesday, 24 February, 2026 Government published details today of support granted to Local Authorities who have requested Exceptional Financial Support (EFS) for 2026-27. “Support in Principle” has been granted to Cheshire East Council up to the value of £35 million to aid the Council to meet current deficits and deliver a balanced budget. This news follows the recent refusal by Government to allow Cheshire East Council to... Local News
Opposition Parties demand representation on Shadow Devolution Board 2nd November 2025 At the inaugural meeting of the Shadow Board of the Cheshire and Warrington new Combined Authority, Opposition leaders in Cheshire requested places around the... Local News
“I Despair At ‘Guess Work”! 29th October 2025 Cllr Lesley Smetham (Con: Gawsworth Ward) offers important reflections on the current Cheshire East Local Plan and proposed Labour Government impositions on... Local News
Khumi Reflects on Wilmslow Lacey Green By-Election Victory - 30th September 2025 “How we won in Cheshire East and showed people are getting tired of Labour/Independent control” Khumi Burton represents Wilmslow Lacey Green on Cheshire East... Local News
Cheshire East Devolution Vote Scrapes Through! 17th September 2025 At an Extraordinary Meeting of Full Council this week, elected members voted in favour of a new Cheshire & Warrington Combined Mayoral Authority in 2026, by the... Local News
Progress of Council’s Transformation Programme is held to account 8th August 2025 Councillors on the Corporate Policy Committee, have been promised a full update on the plan to transform Cheshire East Council (and to achieve up to £91 million... Local News
Cheshire East Council has no Plan to Adequately Address the SEND Debt 31st July 2025 Robust questioning at the latest Audit and Governance Committee revealed that Cheshire East currently has no plan to resolve the current £113million debt in... Local News
CE Conservative’s Challenge to Government’s Housing Targets Receives Unanimous Support from all Parties. 16th July 2025 Conservative Group Leader Cllr Stewart Gardiner presented his Notice of Motion, challenging the Government’s Housing Targets at Full Council today. The motion... Local News
MP for Chester South and Eddisbury raises urgent concerns over Cheshire’s failing roads in Parliament 16th July 2025 Aphra Brandreth, Member of Parliament for Chester South and Eddisbury, secured a House of Commons debate to raise serious concerns about the deteriorating... Local News
LABOUR’S PLANNING POLICIES SET TO DEVASTATE CHESHIRE COUNTRYSIDE 14th July 2025 Under the Labour Government’s new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), Cheshire East is already bracing itself for a wave of planning applications from... Local News
Kemi Gives Keynote Speech at Spring Conference 7th March 2026 A Spring Conference Kemi outlines our crime plan National News
Conservatives pledge to close label loophole to Protect British farmers 4th March 2026 We must ensure that food grown overseas is labelled fairly. National News
Mel Stride responds to Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement 3rd March 2026 More taxes, less growth, same old Labour. National News
Kemi’s Speech on British Integration 2nd March 2026 Britain only works when we are integrated as one society working together. National News
Conservatives force another Labour U-turn 25th February 2026 Labour have backed down from proposals to close local post office branches. National News
Kemi hosts press conference on the cost of social media 24th February 2026 Kemi joins bereaved parents in calling for much needed restrictions. National News
