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BBC News
28-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Warrington Council's veteran chief executive to retire
Warrington Borough Council's veteran chief executive is to retire after two separate terms totalling nearly 20 Steven Broomhead will step down at the end of was the local authority's chief executive from 1997 to 2003 and then took up the role again, initially on an interim basis, in leader Hans Mundry said Prof Broomhead had been an "outstanding servant" to the council and the town as a whole. Prof Broomhead was formally appointed for a second time in 2003 to 2010, he was the chief executive of the North West Regional Development said of the retiring chief executive: "He has helped to make Warrington one of the most business-friendly councils in the country, supporting our town's strong growth and regeneration agenda."I know his decision to retire is something he has been considering for some time."I am pleased that Steven will begin to put in place the right foundations as part of our improvement plan following the recent best-value inspection outcome, before taking his well-earned retirement." 'Concerns' Prof Broomhead said: "I have enjoyed my various roles throughout my career, and have always been driven by principles of sustainable development, social justice and social value."Warrington Borough Council has many achievements past and present. The council has supported our town to be a good place to live, have a successful economy, have good community cohesion, and achieve consistently high educational attainment."Warrington Council is set to face government intervention after a report was commissioned by the previous government following concerns about the authority's levels of report, published earlier this month, said Warrington Council was failing to comply with its duties in relation to five areas, including leadership, culture and use of resources. 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.
BBC News
31-01-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Devolution: Town name to remain in devolved Cheshire authority
Cheshire and Warrington is set to be the official name of a new combined authority for the area, after councillors rejected calls for it to be known only under the county had been calls for the administrative area to be known simply as Cheshire but leaders of all three councils in the county voted to retain the name it has been working to at a meeting at Warrington Town Council leader Hans Mundry said it was "important for Warrington to be recognised" and noted the current name had been in use since the process started almost a decade three authorities have asked to be part of the devolution priority programme, with the government expected to make a decision on the county's future shortly. Nick Mannion, leader of Cheshire East Council, said the planned name had never been raised as an issue with him."As we came into this lovely Georgian building, we noticed for many years Warrington was a county borough therefore effectively a unitary authority in its own right and then under local government reorganisation in 1974 it became part of Cheshire," he Shore, deputy leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council, highlighted the precedent of her authority including the city name in it."If we use the name Cheshire it might cause some confusion around Halton and I want to be inclusive and I'd support keeping Cheshire and Warrington," she is in Cheshire but chose to join the Liverpool City Region in 2015. Cheshire West and Chester leader Louise Gittins, chairman of the committee, also responded to questions from a union on the size of the proposed combined authority and any impact on the police and fire services in the government's devolution white paper had expected strategic authorities to have a population of about 1.5 million or more, and local authorities to each have a population of 500, three authorities have a population below 500,000 and their combined population is about 990, Gittins said the size would not affect the area."Our devolution deal, because of the importance of what we have to offer, we have flexibility," she added that the councils had "no ambitions to change any boundaries" such as health, fire or police. 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.
