The company said increases to employer taxes would cause ‘significant increased costs for our industry in the near term’.

The conversion of a Crewe school into an academy has been delayed because of problems with the floor screed on an extension which was built in 2007.

CASH-STRAPPED Cheshire East is monitoring pupil application numbers to assess how the chancellor’s decision to charge VAT on private schools will impact the council. Cllr Jos Saunders (Poynton, Con) ...