Canberra Crescent Petition Goes to Stoke-on-Trent City Council Friday, 28 March, 2025 Yesterday, a meeting of Stoke-on-Trent City Council's councillors officially received the petition raised by local residents and supported by the Meir Park Residents Association and signed by over 1,100 residents. Lead petitioner Ali Dhatt was absolutely fantastic in putting forward the anger and frustration of residents, and it was great to see a number of residents in the public gallery. You can... Local News
Help Me Create Village Greens in Meir Park 11th December 2024 Over the last few weeks, I've been busy completing a leaflet drop of Meir Park to support my latest campaign, to create village greens across Meir Park, and now... Local News
Successful First Police/Councillor Surgery in Meir Park 9th December 2024 Despite the temperature, the first joint police/councillor surgery in Meir Park delivered some positive outcomes. As well as the mobile police station being... Local News
Yellow Lines Finally Secured for Catchems Corner 29th November 2024 After a lengthy campaign, the yellow lines in Catchems Corner have finally been installed and will reduce the instances of 'near misses' that residents have... Local News
'Make A Difference' with Local Government 6th 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... Local News
LGA Conference 2024 - Well Worth the Delay 28th October 2024 Normally, LGA Conference - the biggest gathering of local government every year - is in July, guaranteeing lively days and balmy evenings (usually!). However... Opinions
Another New Memorial Bench in Meir Park 11th October 2024 Following on from the success of the memorial bench by Aldi, at the end of the summer the Meir Park Residents Association have installed another memorial bench... Local News
A Conference of Two Halves - 2024 Conservative Party Conference 7th October 2024 As I have done now for over ten years, last week I headed off to Conservative Party Conference to meet colleagues and speak at events. This year we were in... Opinions
LGC Outstanding Achievement Award shortlisting 17th June 2024 It was a huge surprise earlier this year to find myself shortlisted for the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards in the Outstanding Achievement category... Local News
Talking OFLOG at the LUHC Select Committee 17th April 2024 The announcement by Michael Gove at the 2022 LGA Conference of the Office for Local Government - OFLOG - kicked off a wide ranging discussion on assurance... Local News
