Mar 13
Sixteen of the 40 buildings Stoke-on-Trent City Council was proposing to sell to pay for the New Civic Centre in Hanley are now to be retained PotteriesEYE has learned.
Buildings/ land saved from what opposition councillors dubbed “a fire sale” include Hanley Park, housing offices and Fenton Manor Sports and Leisure Facility.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/new-civic-centre-borrowing-to-rise/
Nov 12
Labour councillor Majid Khan, who represents Etruria and Hanley has been cleared of failing to declare an interest in a taxi licensing case in 2011, by a hearing of cross party councillors today. Mr Mohammed Bashir had alleged that Cllr Khan, at a meeting of the licensing sub-committee on 19 April, had failed to declare that …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/stoke-on-trent-labour-councillor-cleared-of-wrongdoing/
May 17
OPINION by Mike Barnes Today a Stoke-on-Trent City council committee will review the decision by Pervez’s Cabinet to force nearly 20% of householders in Stoke-on-Trent, who rent council properties, to make many of the repairs previously done by the council, via DVD instruction. I had to laugh when I heard a tenant on the radio …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/council-housing-diy-repairs-exposes-laarschots-tenure-as-complete-failure/
Apr 12
Stoke-on-Trent City Council whom recently revealed an overspend in its housing maintenance program of £4.5 million has released information on all of the jobs done over the last 12 months done by Kier, showing the level of waste and mismanagement in housing despite the intervention of Vanguard consultants brought by the CEO, John van der …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/cllr-calls-for-urgent-scrutiny-over-incredible-housing-repair-costs/
Feb 24
Last night the Labour Party put forward and agreed the budget for Stoke-on-Trent City Council which included £24m of services cuts along side a referendum dodging 3.49% council tax hike for the impoverished in Stoke. Nobody is under any illusions that local authority cuts have come from the Conservatives and Liberal coalition government through Eric …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/personally-speaking-a-budget-we-cannot-trust/
Feb 04
At a packed meeting of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Labour councillors put forward a huge council rent rise of 6.91% saying they had no choice because it was being forced on them by central government who, it said, were forcing them to match housing association rents. However, Eric Pickles, minister with responsibility, disagrees. Cllr Dave Conway …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/stoke-council-6-91-rent-rise-didnt-need-to-happen/
Feb 03
Greypower – the North Staffs Pensioners’ Convention, were celebrating last night following the Labour Controlled City Council’s last minute u-turn on holding a review into homecare for the elderly. Despite the freezing cold weather, 40+ campaigners held a demonstration outside Stoke-on-Trent City Council Civic Centre yesterday evening, prior to presenting an 8000 plus petition to …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/grey-power-wins-care-review-in-begrudging-labour-u-turn/
Stoke Live Entertainment Theatre News