Sep 04
PotteriesEYE investigated and broke the story of £26,000 being spent on free coffee and tea for senior councillors and senior officers at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The Sentinel reports it today, as an aside, thanks Sentinel for giving credit to us community volunteers so that you can make money out of the news we researched and …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/personally-speaking-storm-in-a-coffee-cup/
Aug 31
Stoke-on-Trent’s City Council’s Children and Young People’s Services (CYPS) Overview and Scrutiny Committee are to be told of a £2m overspend that “could be as high as £3.502m if children remain in their current placements.”, in a report by Mark Kenyon, Finance & Commercial Manager CYPS. The Report: http://www.moderngov.stoke.gov.uk/mgconvert2pdf.aspx?id=38113 http://www.moderngov.stoke.gov.uk/mgconvert2pdf.aspx?id=38153 The report reveals the spiraling cost is …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/children-centre-cuts-blamed-for-rise-in-social-services-children-in-care-placed-outside-city/
Aug 30
Political Parties in Labour run Stoke-on-Trent are being treated to freebie meeting rooms at the expense of the taxpayers PotterieEYE has learned, through a question by one of our writers who put a question to next week’s full council meeting. Mohammed Pervez’s Labour Party councillors had 13 freebie meetings in the 2011/12 financial year which …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/carry-on-freebies-2-political-party-meetings-at-taxpayers-expense/
Aug 29
Councillors Forced to Pay for Coffee Whilst Leader & Officers Spend £25,929.12 on Freebie Drinks Labour run Stoke-on-Trent City Council withdrew its free tea and coffee machine for use by councillors as part of it’s £20m budget savings back in February 2012 claiming the freebie for councillors had to go to help justify other controversial …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/carry-on-freebies-labour-leader-officers-swill-25929-12-on-refreshments/
Aug 28
Labour run Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Cabinet are to receive a financial update this Thursday showing, for the third year running since the appointment of consultants Vanguard, an overspend in the council’s housing repairs budget. The Cabinet, led by Mohammed Pervez, will receive the report from Assistant Director of Finance, Peter Bates, showing a predicted overspend …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/city-council-housing-repairs-overspend-again-despite-consultants-paid-millions-to-make-savings/
Aug 14
Labour run Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s is to get rid of 10% more of its staff come 2013 to make further saving a number of senior sources from inside the City Council claim. As the council moves forward with borrowing £50m to buy a new civic centre in Hanley and after it has already cut hundreds …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/10-staff-to-be-slashed-in-at-stoke-council-insiders-claim/
Aug 14
Labour run Stoke-on-Trent City Council met yesterday evening to discuss the situation regarding Port Vale Football Club. The team entered into administration in March, and the City council is the club’s biggest creditor. Councillors have backed the administrators’ decision to allow further bidders to come forward for Port Vale but at no further cost to …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/council-supports-administrators-to-invite-other-bidders-for-port-vale-at-no-further-cost-to-taxpayer/
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