Members of the Cheshire East Children’s Committee have been told that overspends of £8.86m are predicted by April next year, due to the rising cost of residential placements and the setting of ‘unrealistic savings’ in the 2025/26 budget.Finance officers told committee members that: "Although n
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 narrowest of margins; 36 to 32 votes in favour of the plans. Supporters backed the plans saying it would trigger investment, jobs
Cheshire East needs to review domestic abuse strategy 'at pace' to safeguard vulnerable children, says councillorBy Belinda Ryan - Local Democracy Reporter 21st Mar 2025“Cheshire East needs to review its domestic abuse strategy 'at pace' and scrutinise it at committee so the council can be assured v
At last week’s Budget Council Meeting, Cllr Jos Saunders (Opposition Spokesperson: Children & Families Committee), highlighted the Council’s single largest debt, the SEND High Needs “deficit Reserve”, that continues to rise and which currently costs the Council £6m p.a.
Cheshire East's children's department admitted at the latest Children's Committee, that they don’t have enough money to fund the improvement plan that they submitted to the Department of Education in July, to bring its services up to standard – and doesn't know where the money is going to come
Cheshire East Councillors were informed yesterday that after just 2.5 years, the Executive Director of Children’s Services is to leave at the end of next week.
This follows an ongoing litany of financial and operational issues across the service which was judged to be ‘inadequate’ overall earlier t
In April 2018, Cheshire East Council was one of the first local authorities visited by Mark Riddell MBE (the government’s national implementation adviser for care leavers), who praised the Council for the high standard of their support for Care Leavers.
Mr Riddell found that:
There is now
Poynton Councillors Jos Saunders and Mike Beanland who both serve on the Childrens & Families Committee, paid a visit to Oakenclough Family Hub in Wilmslow which has opened today serving Poynton and Wilmslow Families and Children.
Cheshire East is one of 75 Councils who have been identified by
Poynton’s Conservative councillors – Jos Saunders, Mike Beanland and Mike Sewart – are concerned that Cheshire East have so far not complied with Freedom of Information (FoI) laws regarding their proposed works at Poynton Pool.
Cheshire East wants to increase the height of the dam, which may mean c
Cheshire East appear to have sold a Poynton car park with no liaison or consultation with residents or the local elected CE Councillors. The car park is on Towers Road, close to the junction with Park Lane, by the entrance to Woburn Court.
