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.
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Sep 20
68 UK peers and MPs have been found to be directors or have controlling interests at companies linked to tax havens. Get the full list, including the responses of the individuals and companies involved
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May 29
Government backs down over chancellor’s budget measures and agrees concessions on secret courts plan
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Apr 27
OPINION The recent resignation of Sarah Hill from the City Council on Tuesday, and her revelations about Labour councillors subject to gagging orders, gives further evidence and concern that the political system and the City council are in the grip of a paranoid struggle to control communication and information, and limit the rights of residents …
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Sep 25
Potteye Personally Speaking Will the Dimensions Splash Pool fiasco finally be the beginning of the end for Pervez and Meredith? The long on-going saga of the proposed closure of Dimensions back in 2007/8 and questions over Pervez and Meredith’s personal involvement along with accusation of secret deals being done, took a new twist at the …
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Jun 15
It appears that Stoke-on-Trent City Council has given up altogether on openess and transparency and shed what little fig leaf it tried to hide its shame behind in the past. Gone, it seems, is any chance of scrutiny or holdng the officers and Cabinet to account, now condemned to history. What, you may ask, is Barnsey …
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