Opinions

If you’ve driven up Bucknall New Road recently, you’ll have seen the work underway to demolish the low rise blocks of flats here. Having visited a number of...

Community safety has been rather in the focus over the last 18 months, with Stoke-on-Trent securing a significant amount of cash through the Safer Streets...

This week sees ‘The Colour Room’, a film about Stoke-on-Trent ceramicist Clarice Cliff, open at cinemas across the country, with special local showings at the...

In advance of Thursday’s Spending Review, I was pleased to contribute to a Centre for Cities publication outlining what urban leaders want from the government’s...

After a year’s break due to Covid-19, the 2021 Conservative Party Conference was a welcome opportunity to once again raise the profile of our work in Stoke-on...

Perhaps not the most exciting of subjects to write about, but a good opportunity to share how we’ve been addressing procurement at Stoke-on-Trent City Council...

There’s an ongoing lingual gentrification battle in Stoke-on-Trent - it revolves around how certain words are pronounced, such as book, look and scone. As any...

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...

In between campaigning, I managed to find five minutes to have a chat with LGiU about what I think is at stake for local government in the forthcoming general...