Feb 28
Childrens Centres staff and management across Stoke-on-Trent are struggling to cope with the severe cuts imposed on them by the Cabinet last year and failed to meet their savings target by 22%. Last year the Labour controlled local authority slashed the budget of Childrens centres by £2.25 million, representing a 30% cut in the overall …
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Jan 31
Across the UK 20.1% of children live in households classified as in poverty. this are households where the incomes is derived from either some form of out of work benefit or on such low wage income that they have to be supported by tax credit. In Stoke-on-Trent that figure is 29%. Yet in Stoke-on-Trent alongside …
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Oct 09
Stoke-on-Trent City Council currently just beginning the process of further budget cuts of £20m expected to result in around 500 redundancies, has re-employed at least 25 staff within the last few weeks. It has been revealed that 25 staff whom were made redundant following this years budget cuts have been set back on by the council. …
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Sep 01
News today finally reveals the cynical political ploy put in place by Labour to win the election and vindicates my own public accusation at the time that Childrens Centres were never going to close. Today one of the leading figures in SOCC (Save Our Childrens Centres) has expressed her anger at being used, as Pervez …
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Aug 17
Stoke-on-Trent City Council have announced they have had to delay its decision on where the cuts of £2.25m in its Childrens Centres Service across the City, one of the largest such cuts in the UK. The reason for the delay appears to be that the Council and Cabinet has struggled to draw together the results …
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Jul 21
The Centre for Public Scrutiny, on its website says: Introduction to Scrutiny Public [[scrutiny]] is an essential part of ensuring that government remains effective and accountable. Public scrutiny can be defined as the activity by one elected or appointed organisation or office examining and monitoring all or part of the activity of a public sector …
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Jul 19
The consultation document sent out regarding the cuts into Childrens Centres provision provides information regarding the number of staff the cuts relate to across the service. The report indicates that the staff will reduce by 33 if the proposals are accepted by the Council, 21 have already left. Yet on the 15 April 2011, just …
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