Plans to increase council tax by almost 10% in parts of Cheshire have been rejected by the government. Cheshire East Council had asked the government for permission to increase the charge by 9.9%.

Current rules state that local authorities cannot increase council tax by more than 4.99 per cent without a local referendum. But Cheshire East Council - which takes in Congleton and Alsager - has ...

Cheshire East Council will retain its CCTV service but seek help with funding it. Proposals to reduce a local authority's CCTV service have been scrapped. Cheshire East Council said it would seek ...

Put simply, it is all about transferring a range of powers from Westminster. The premise is that decisions are best made by politicians who have their ears closest to the ground. The idea has been ...

The council had applied for special dispensation to enforce a 9.99 per cent council tax rise without having to hold a ...

The Cheshire East authority's request to increase council tax by 9.9% is refused. The council says it will ask the county's police and crime commissioner to help fund the service. Cheshire and ...

But the charity says after April it will no longer be able to provide life-saving services like emergency refuge and its 24-7 crisis helpline, after Cheshire East Council told it no more funding ...

Cheshire West and Chester Council, Cheshire East Council and Warrington Borough Council continue to collaborate on a shared vision to be the healthiest, most sustainable, inclusive and growing ...

Cheshire East Council’s bid to increase council tax by almost 10% has been rejected by the government, it emerged today. The cash-strapped authority had asked the government for “exceptional financial ...

Opposition councillors have hit out at what they branded ‘secrecy’ and delays regarding a council investigation into alleged contamination in Cheshire. Cheshire West and Chester’s meeting of Full ...

Cheshire East Council will be effectively bankrupt if the government doesn’t approve the use of exceptional financial support by the end of this financial year, the council’s head of finance said. The ...