'Make A Difference' with Local Government Wednesday, 6 November, 2024 One of the major issues for local government is recruitment, both in certain service areas but also in general, so it's been a pleasure over the last year to be involved with rolling out the Local Government Association (LGA) and Solace 'Make A Difference' campaign. The idea behind this was to deliver a national campaign, highlighting the opportunities in local councils and enabling those councils... Local News
Bet365 Stadium made key Covid-19 regional testing centre 23rd May 2020 I’m absolutely delighted with the confirmation that the Bet365 stadium will become a nationally recognised regional testing centre. This follows a short but... Local News
Anything4Home to Relocate Distribution to Stoke-on-Trent 14th May 2020 Really pleased about the recent announcement from Anything4Home that they are bringing their distribution centre to Stoke-on-Trent, attracted by our great... Local News
Staffordshire Day 2020 - A Big Thank You to Stoke-on-Trent City Council Staff 1st May 2020 In recognition of the huge efforts put in by the staff of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in response to the Corona virus, I wrote and recorded a letter of thanks... Local News
Latest Coronavirus Updates *Updated Daily* 30th March 2020 The latest updates on Coronavirus in Stoke-on-Trent as a daily update. Thursday 13th May Recently, the sentinel reported that 'Pop-up Covid testing to be... Local News
Continuing to Push for Infrastructure Improvements 13th March 2020 Wednesday’s budget saw not only the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, call Stoke-on-Trent ‘the crucible’ of the UK, but also saw our ambitious infrastructure plans... Local News
Boris Confirms It’s #HS2AllTheWay to Stoke-on-Trent 12th February 2020 The saga of Stoke-on-Trent and HS2 stretches back a number of years - however this week’s announcement by PM Boris Johnson confirms that the city will continue... Local News
Transforming a City... 30th January 2020 City Council budgets are always a controversial subject, with a focus often on the negative. However, there is another side to this, behind the revenue budget... Local News
Personally Speaking: 'Make your New Year resolution really count in 2020' 27th December 2019 One issue that has been at the forefront of political debate in Stoke-on-Trent this year has been children’s social care and the rising number in the care of... Local NewsOpinions
Cracking Down on Blue Badge Fraud 23rd December 2019 One of the less known roles that Stoke-on-Trent City Council fulfils is around audit and fraud. Recent changes mean that housing benefit fraud is now... Local News
