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Cllr Mrs Gretta Cousins's News - Frodsham and Helsby

County Finance Chief Blasts Minister As ‘Last Budget’ The one-hundred-and-eighteenth and possibly last budget ever to be set by Cheshire County Council will add less than the price of two first class stamps to the average weekly household bill. But in proposing a 3.5% council tax increase Finance Executive Member Gretta Cousins blasted the Secretary of State’s decision to split Cheshire as “mindless vandalism.“ [Read full story...]

Cheshire Council Taxpayers Lose Millions In Central Funding Allocation - Budget Consultation Told Cheshire’s council taxpayers have missed out on almost £5m in three years - due to the county’s lower than average central funding grants from Whitehall. The figure is revealed in a report on the county county’s financial position to 300 key stakeholders involved in the authority’s annual budget consultation. It reflects the “very challenging scenario" of reduced national funding to meet increased service demands currently facing local authorities across the country. [Read full story...]

A Lollipop Service That Takes Some Licking The Helsby and Frodsham village communities have joined forces to congratulate local ‘lollipop’ lady Hazel Oughton on her retirement after 37 years service as the school crossing patrol. [Read full story...]

County Fears For The Future Of Tatton Park Concerns for the future of Cheshire’s top visitor attraction were revealed today (Monday) by County Finance Chief Gretta Cousins. Tatton Park, near Knutsford, is owned by the National Trust but financed and managed by Cheshire County Council under the terms of legally binding 99-year-old lease… with over 50 years still to run. But the substantial obligations of the lease have not been properly factored into the case presented by the three councils advocating a split Cheshire. [Read full story...]

Deep Flaws In Cheshire Districts’ Financial Case Pave Way For Cheshire Single Unitary The latest financial evidence demanded by Government from district councils in support of the case for splitting Cheshire merely highlights the County Council’s serious concerns about the unacceptable costs involved. [Read full story...]

Split Cheshire ‘Disaster’ For Winsford, Northwich And Taxpayers Claim County Trio Whitehall’s conditional recommendation to split Cheshire would be a disaster for the people of Winsford and the county’s council taxpayers - maintained local county councillors today (Tuesday). [Read full story...]

Work Underway To Reduce Congestion And Improve Facilities For Pedestrians At Northwich Town Centre Work to reduce traffic congestion and improve facilities for pedestrians is underway at the London Road and Chester Way signalised junction in Northwich town centre. [Read full story...]

Split Cheshire Spells “Financial Disaster”- Says County Finance Chief Partitioning Cheshire into two Unitary Councils would be a financial disaster the county’s council 260,000 taxpayers were told today (Monday). Cheshire’s Finance Chief Gretta Cousins revealed details of a damning analysis of the financial case put to Government by some District councils. “Chester City Council has got its sums wrong -horribly wrong and the government and people of this county need to know it!”, said Councillor Cousins [Read full story...]

Thirteen Bid For £1 Billion Cheshire Waste Contract Cheshire County Council today (Tuesday) announced a list of organisations in line for the largest contract ever let by the authority…worth in excess of one billion pounds! Thirteen firms have pre-qualified to advance to the dialogue stage of the county’s 25-year Waste Treatment PFI Contract to process Cheshire’s 250-300,000 tonnes of annual residual waste. [Read full story...]

Shortlist Announced For Cheshire’s Household Waste Recycling Centre Contract Cheshire County Council today (Monday) announced a shortlist of four bidders for the operation and maintenance of its 16 Household Waste Recycling Centres. [Read full story...]

Important Charter Presented to County Council Members Cheshire County Council has been awarded an important Charter by the North West Employer’s Organisation for Member Learning and Development. [Read full story...]