Three Tatton businesses make it to regional finals of Rural Oscars - vote now! Tuesday, 17 March, 2026 Three Tatton businesses have been named as northern finalists in the 2026 “Rural Oscars”. The prestigious Countryside Alliance Awards is now in its 19th year and celebrates the best of rural enterprise, heritage and community life. Businesses can compete for the title in five categories, local food and drink, the village shop or post office, butchers, rural enterprise and pubs. AJ Boon in Chelford... Articles
Esther McVey MP writes for Knutsford Guardian - Rachel Reeves' Budget raises taxes to pay for welfare 4th December 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget was a manifesto breaking, economy busting, job destroying, wealth attacking, welfare ballooning, tax raising disgrace of a... Articles
Esther McVey MP writes to Chancellor urging her to drop plans to tax family business as Budget day approaches 20th November 2025 Ahead of next week’s Budget I’ve written to Chancellor Rachel Reeves warning her to re-think her plans or she will devastate family businesses across the UK. I... Articles
Esther McVey MP calls for answers over much-needed new health centre for Knutsford 13th November 2025 Esther McVey MP reiterated her calls for a new medical centre for Knutsford – calling for the health secretary to make a statement on what more needs to be done... Articles
'Enough is enough' says Cllr Lynn Gibbon about the state of pavements in Northwich 5th November 2025 “Enough is enough” calls Cllr Lynn Gibbon, as she brings 1,100 -strong petition to Cheshire West and Chester Council to demand urgent repairs to unsafe streets... Local News
Esther McVey MP writes for Knutsford Guardian criticising government plans to give suspended sentences for those guilty of carrying a knife 4th November 2025 This month will see the return of Operation Sceptre, the national campaign to get knives off the streets. Cheshire Constabulary will run education programmes... Articles
Esther McVey MP accuses government of double standards over Chancellor's failure to buy rental licence 4th November 2025 Esther McVey has accused government of having one rule for the Chancellor and one for the rest of the country – after Rachel Reeves got away with an... Articles
Esther McVey MP writes for Knutsford Guardian highlighting work of Alderley Park lab as world leaders in genomics 23rd October 2025 Last week I had the pleasure of officially opening Revvity’s new lab at Alderley Park. The US company is a global life science and diagnostic group... Articles
Esther McVey MP leads debate calling for Chris's Law to be introduced 15th October 2025 Esther McVey has secured a meeting with government ministers in the fight to force councils to carry out regular maintenance and safety inspections of trees... Articles
Esther McVey MP writes for Knutsford Guardian criticising government for imposing "food tax" on every household 7th October 2025 Food inflation is an at 18 month high and government’s attack on our agricultural sector will see prices soar further for every household up and down the... Articles
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
Boris Johnson: Poor mobile phone signal will be a thing of the past 27th November 2019 The scourge of poor mobile phone signal in rural areas will be a thing of the past under bold new plans to be fast tracked in the first 100 days of a... National News
New national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates 27th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce a national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates. National News
Tax hikes for the many – new report reveals millions face tax hikes under Labour 26th November 2019 A new official report released by the Conservative Party today, The Twelve Taxes of Labour, shows Labour’s manifesto would mean taxes rising for millions of... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's plan to hold two referendums will take up the whole of 2020 and will cost over £150m 26th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to hold two referendums in 2020 will take until September 2020 at the very earliest, and that the cost will... National News
Conservatives ask Labour - will you get Brexit done? 25th November 2019 Conservative candidates across the country have today written to their Labour opponents asking them to confirm where they stand on Brexit and whether they will... National News