Dec 16
A Labour Party meeting on Friday night dismissed a report by a leading social care campaigner regarding pensioners who have died from infected bedsores, inside sources have claimed. Stoke South Labour Party received the report from Alex Shaw, a member of the respected North Staffs Pensioners Convention. PotteriesEYE has been given a copy Mr Shaw’s …
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Oct 18
Labour Cllr Matt Fry, defied his own party tonight and voted in favour of sending a 3500 name petition to a scrutiny committee for debate and in direct conflict the the rest of the Labour Party. Cllr Fry had already been suspend by the Labour Party whilst being investigated over misconduct and is likely to …
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Oct 15
Planning Officers from Labour run Stoke-on-Trent City Council said that the Potteries Shopping Centre £14m expansion posed no threat to the City Council backed “City Sentral” scheme before John van der Laarschot sent a letter to Realis promising to block the rival scheme. PotteriesEYE exposed a secret letter written by the council’s chief executive, John …
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Oct 15
Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Audit Committee is to be revamped after a leading councillor said it was “not fit for purpose.” and that reports were being kept secret. Cllr Dave Conway, leader of the City Independents, had called for the changes after PotteriesEYE discovered how serious failures in council services, found by their own internal audits …
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Oct 12
Plans by Stoke-on-Trent City Council to force their council house tenants to do their own minor repairs lie in chaos after a landmark ruling by the High Court in London. In the case, Hannon v Hillingdon Homes Limited (2012), which concluded in London’s High Court, repairs and maintenance contractor T Brown Group sued Hillingdon Council after …
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Oct 12
A multi-million pound regeneration project in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent is being blocked by council chief executive, John Van der Laarschot, PotteriesEYE has learned in a leaked letter sent to a rival shopping developer Realis. The Potteries Shopping Centre, run by Capital Shopping Centres (CSC), was given planning permission earlier this year for six restaurants and a 10-screen cinema in …
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Oct 13
Soapbox: Hanley Regeneration – A Price Worth Paying?
News, Opinion
by PottEye
October 13, 2012
Regenerating Stoke-on-Trent after the demise of its hardcore industrial past has been the primary aim of our political leaders for over two decades now. It’s a never-ending work in progress. There has been some limited success most notably Trentham Lakes with its high-tech/ low man power logistic sprawl. However, it is becoming an increasingly desperate …
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