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BBC News
15-04-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Cheshire devolution: Ex-deputy leader criticises plans
An elected mayor for Cheshire is "neither welcome nor necessary", according to a former deputy leader of one of the area's councillor Craig Browne said he felt there should be more responsibilities and funding for town and parish councils East's Conservative group has also raised concerns on the proposals and said although it supported devolution as a principle there had not been enough information from the East Council has said it supports devolution for the county, and leader Nick Mannion said he believed it would "release the full potential" of the area. The comments from Browne and the Conservative group were part of their responses to a government consultation on devolution for the area, which recently who stepped down as deputy leader last year, said he felt that a mayor was "merely another layer of democracy".Meanwhile, the Conservative group said it also believed that Warrington should not be included in a devolution deal for the county."It is different in socio-demographic makeup, geography, and its economy to either Cheshire East or Cheshire West and Chester," the group also criticised the proposed name of Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority and said it was "unnecessarily long".The Conservative group reiterated its previous calls for the election for a mayor to be delayed until 2027, highlighting that both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester Councils would be holding full elections that year. In its response to the consultation, Cheshire East Council said devolution would offer "a powerful voice for growth" for the Mannion, the Labour leader of the authority, said it was time for the county to join other areas in the region that were "reaping the benefits"."We believe that devolution will help us to release the full potential of our borough with the wider Cheshire and Warrington area and will support us to have greater influence nationally," he leader, Independent Michael Gorman, added: "Getting this funding and additional powers to make decisions locally through devolution, across all these areas, means we will be able to get the best for our residents and businesses." Read more stories from Cheshire on the BBC and follow BBC North West on X. For more local politics coverage, BBC Politics North West is on BBC One on Sunday at 10:00am and on BBC iPlayer.
BBC News
13-04-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Cheshire and Warrington: Devolution consultation to close
A consultation on plans for devolution for Cheshire and Warrington is to government had asked for views from people who live and work in the area on plans for a new combined authority with a directly elected the plans, the three councils would remain separate local authorities but would work together on areas including transport, skills, housing, the environment and consultation closes at 11:59pm on 13 April. The government announced in February that Cheshire and Warrington would be included in its devolution priority programme, for a fast-tracked devolution of the area's three councils have already submitted their responses to the East Council said devolution was a "real opportunity" to build on its "strong and productive relationships" with the other two Council said it believed the area stood to "gain more powers, more funding and more opportunities from devolution".Cheshire West and Chester Council has been approached for a local MP said she had opposed the Conservative MP Esther McVey said she had concerns that a new combined authority would focus on larger towns like Crewe and Warrington and said she would want to see the process paused and consultation period extended. Read more stories from Cheshire on the BBC and follow BBC North West on X. For more local politics coverage, BBC Politics North West is on BBC One on Sunday at 10:00am and on BBC iPlayer.
BBC News
29-01-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Macclesfield: Cheshire Lapland plan set to get the green light
A historic Cheshire hall could become the home of a major Christmas wants to run an event at Capesthorne Hall near Macclesfield over the festive season every year for the next company, whose main attraction is based in Ascot, said it could bring about 1,200 temporary jobs and £2.5m to the local economy each East Council has recommended the plan for approval, with planners due to make a decision on Wednesday. LaplandUK said the event would run from the beginning of November until Christmas Eve each year. It added that about 170,000 went to the one at Swinley Forest, Ascot, each year and it cost about £19.5m to a report, planning officers said the economic benefits represented very special circumstances that "clearly outweigh the harm to the green belt and heritage assets" at the Grade II*-listed country house. See more Cheshire stories from the BBC and follow BBC North West on X. For more local politics coverage, BBC Politics North West is on BBC One on Sunday at 10:00am and on BBC iPlayer.
