Monthly Archive: April 2011

Apr 23

RPA 1983 Section 114 Treating for Dummies

Many candidates, agents and observers may look at some election law as trivial or think that it doesn’t matter. As a candidate in 5 previous elections for the Labour Party, I was always instilled with the importance of compliance with the law and its potential consequences however minor or however trivial it my appear at …

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Apr 23

Voluntary Sector Grants Slashed Across Stoke

1 List of contributions made to charities and voluntary organisations for 2008/09, 2009/10 & 2010/11 Name of Organisation Actual 2008/09 Actual 2009/10 Budget 2010/11 £ £ ADSIS 6,323 6,481 – Airspace 500 – - Age Concern 147,415 71,553 71,553 Age UK – - – Approach 94,018 – - ARCH 213,833 – - Asian Elders & …

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Apr 23

A Wee Problem In Stoke

Across Stoke-on-Trent this bank holiday weekend ordinary people began to find out what Labour councils cuts mean to them the hard way. Staffing cuts have meant that public toilets across the city have been closed for the whole period, including parks and town centre toilets, as there are no staff available to open and close …

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Apr 12

The Dirty Dozen

Coming Soon!!! THE DIRTY DOZEN The real inside story of 12 years in the politcal goldfish bowl of Stoke-on-Trent. The Ups the Downs. The Scandal and the Shocks. The Triumphs and the Tragedies. Find out what really goes on in the corridors of power – fact is stranger than fiction! Chapter One – Palour Games …

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Apr 07

Why Should I Vote?

In all the time I have been a councillor, one of the most frustrating responses on the doorstep is always the one that goes along the lines of  “What’s the point – the council does nothing for me?” or “All that council tax and the only thing I get is my bin emptied.” Well what …

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