Mar 30
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is attempting to curb bad publicity from Freedom of Information (FOI) requests PotteriesEYE has learned. March on Stoke – campaigning against the New Civic Centre in Hanley – have been told they cannot ask any more questions about the £40m scheme. The council are blocking the requests under the little used section …
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Mar 15
Campaigners have reacted angrily today after one of its campaigners was told by Stoke-on-Trent City Council they would not accept any more FOIs on the Central Business District. Residents claim the council is anti-democratic. Ian Norris has been trying for months to access information on why the City Council made the decision to spend £40m …
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Jun 26
Labour run Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s wall of secrecy took a battering as it is forced to release an audit report first requested by a member of the public through an FOI request 9 months ago, and that it refused to publish saying that it was: exempt under section 36 of the Freedom of Information Act …
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May 11
On Tuesday 8th May The Sentinel published a story on how much local councils have recently spent on iPads, it claimed that Stoke-on-Trent Council had spent £29,000 on 110 iPads, but had yet to distribute any. Cllr Hamer said that some would go to children’s centres and schools, to increase parental involvement with child learning at an early age. …
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Apr 02
Stoke-on-Trent City Council CEO’s JVDL claims to be “open and transparent” appears to be in tatters once again this week as revelations over an FOI request which has so far taken 2 years and 2 months. The 26 month saga started when Mr Trevor Jones submitted an FOI back on 27 January 2010! Mr Jones …
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Sep 22
Controversial plans to spend £5.4 million on a new CCTV and data centre whilst Stoke-on-Trent Council struggles to slash millions of pounds off its services have been severely criticised by the public. The £5.4m bill was defended by the council at the time of the announcement by Labour’s Cabinet member, Paul Shotton, with the main …
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