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
Stoke-on-Trent Canal Improvements Celebrated at Midlands Waterway Event 10th January 2019 I was delighted to be asked to speak at the Canal and River Trust Annual Public Meeting about the improvements we have made to the 15 miles of canal network... Local News
West Midlands Canal & River Trust Public Annual Meeting - Birmingham 10th January 2019 “The link between Stoke-on-Trent and the canals goes back to the two fine North Staffordshire gentlemen, Josiah Wedgwood and his friend, James Brindley, who... Speeches
Growing the Local Economy 2nd January 2019 You might recall this little piece on our recent work to keep the Stoke pound in Stoke. Interesting today to see that my tweets about council services have been... Local News
Coverage of Light Night Launch 24th November 2018 Some good coverage of the Light Night Stoke-on-Trent launch, including an interview with BBC Radio Stoke! Local News
Secretary of State for Defence Visits Potteries Museum to See Historic Banner 23rd November 2018 It is always a pleasure to welcome government visitors to Stoke-on-Trent, but there are few occasions when this manages to chime so nicely with a number of... Local News
Launch of #SoTCulture & Light Night Stoke-on-Trent 23rd November 2018 What an absolute pleasure to be able to launch Light Night Stoke-on-Trent at Burslem’s old town hall, alongside the new #SoTCulture hashtag. Read my speech from... Local NewsSpeeches
Armistice Day 2018 11th November 2018 I am sure I am not alone in noticing that, in recent years, the numbers attending Armistice Day have grown year by year. For the last few years, I have been... Local News
Community Investment Fund A Growing Success.... 9th November 2018 It continues to be brilliant to go out and see the fab projects that the Community Investment Fund I launched a few years is supporting. On Friday I visited Our... Local News
Growing the city economy limits budget impact and shows Conservative ‘growth strategy is working’ 6th November 2018 Yesterday saw the launch of our budget process for the forthcoming 2019/20 financial year. Whilst the amount of money we receive from government continues to... Articles
