Stewart Gardiner

Having heard last week that Government will not permit Cheshire East to raise its Council Tax by 9.99%, the Council is still expected to increase council tax by 4.99% and will also need to raise approximately £28 million of “exceptional financial support” (through borrowing) in order to balance its

Protesters held another successful demonstration today against the Government's New Town Task Force (NTTF) proposal to build up to 20,000 homes across nearly 1,000 hectares of Cheshire Greenbelt.Last week, Sir Michael Lyons (Chair of the NTTF) at the MHCLG Select Committee, revealed that both the Le

Any new Cabinet System must not prevent the Public from asking questions says Conservative Group Leader Stewart Gardiner Following criticism in the LGA Peer Review of Cheshire East in 2024, Cheshire East Council is due to switch back from its current committee system of governance, which has be

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 the inaugural meeting of the Shadow Board of the Cheshire and Warrington new Combined Authority, Opposition leaders in Cheshire requested places around the table that will determine the Devolution Agenda prior to Mayoral Elections in 2027.The shadow combined authority board is made up of the lead

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

Conservative Group Leader Cllr Stewart Gardiner presented his Notice of Motion, challenging the Government’s Housing Targets at Full Council today.

Under the Labour Government’s new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), Cheshire East is already bracing itself for a wave of planning applications from speculative developers.

Labour’s endless dither and delay have cost £millionsCheshire East Conservatives have today welcomed the news that the Middlewich bypass has finally been approved by the Government.

Our Cheshire East Conservative Group Leader, Cllr Stewart Gardiner, has been attending the Local Government Association Conference in Liverpool this week. He took advantage of the opportunity to meet with the Leader of the Conservative Party (and His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition), Kemi Badenoch M