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
Our spending boost to tackle adult mental illness 1st October 2019 Provision of community services for people with serious mental illness has historically not been a focus of mental health reforms. National News
How we’re planning to invest in our communities 30th September 2019 Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, has set out major new plans for investment alongside further measures to tackle the housing crisis. National News
5 key points you must know about our new housing policy 30th September 2019 Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, will announce that tenants in new housing association properties will be given... National News
Why Labour’s education policy will undermine education 30th September 2019 We are investing £14 billion into school funding to make sure our children have a world class education. We’ve made sure that extra funding will go towards... National News
The Chancellor’s Speech to Conference 2019 30th September 2019 Twenty years ago, Mum thought it was a big deal when she watched the first Asians move into Coronation Street here in Manchester.Well, now she’s watched as the... National News
We’re giving police officers Tasers to combat assault 29th September 2019 Senseless violence has blighted our streets for far too long.Over recent weeks, we have seen police officers attacked while simply doing their jobs. And... National News