How a £100m funding black hole left council 'dying by a thousand cuts'

How a £100m funding black hole left council 'dying by a thousand cuts'

Cheshire East Council, which serves more than 398,000 people including some of the most deprived wards in the country, is in such a desperate position that even the opposition doesn’t want to be in charge.“Why on earth would I want to lead this council?” Janet Clowes, an experienced Tory councillor of more than 14 years who recently stood down as leader, told The i Paper.“If I were this administration [Labour took control in 2019] I would have t…