Apr 16
A Stoke-on-Trent council chief officer claims she was instructed to close Dimensions splash pool in 2008 and “give the savings” (as a subsidy) to Mo Chaudry of Waterworld by Mark Meredith, a secret report obtained by PotteriesEYE has revealed. The secret report, part of an investigation into the closure of the Dimensions splash pool, interviewed …
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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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Jun 29
Ever feel your being watched? Your every moment monitored and recorded for future use? We are all accustomed to our daily lives being recorded on CCTV especially in the UK, the CCTV capital of the world. We all accept it and to some extent its use on actually tracking our movements is limited as most …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.potteye.co.uk/opinion-police-keeping-your-travel-data-and-its-growing/
Jun 28
A report by Stoke-on-Trent City Council Audit Services Manager, Sue Woodall, regarding the demolition of a church and subsequently, a £4m regeneration programme, never made it to the City Council Audit Committee, the body legally charged with keeping tabs on the council’s finances and their legal compliance. The carefully worded report and it’s content only …
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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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Jun 12
Labour controlled Stoke-on-Trent City Council,who claim that their top priority is the local economy and jobs, have “all but abandoned” markets throughout the city, market traders claim. Last year, leader of the council, Mohammed Pervez, launched its “Mandate for Change” with its central theme “we want to do business with your business”. The document (HERE) …
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