Mayoral Delays Expose the Chaos Behind Labour’s Devolution Plan Tuesday, 9 December, 2025 The news of delays to the mayoral elections for Essex, Hampshire and other areas has rightly led to a few raised eyebrows within local government. But as well as having an impact in the directly effected areas, the implications of these actions should be on the radar of all other areas currently in the devolution process and heading towards a combined authority. It was always an ambitious agenda... Local News
Investing in the City’s Ladsanddads Tradition 17th September 2018 There’s some amazing projects right across Stoke-on-Trent benefitting from the Community Investment Fund! The idea of ladsanddads football started in Stoke-on... ArticlesLocal News
‘Take A Seat’ in Your Local Market 15th September 2018 It was brilliant to be back in Longton Market this week to help launch the ‘Take A Seat’ campaign with Age Friendly Stoke. Having run a business by the market... ArticlesLocal News
Investing in Young People Through the Community Investment Fund! 13th September 2018 An absolute pleasure to visit Burslem Gymnastics Centre this week to see how they are spending £50,000 received from the Community Investment Fund in new... ArticlesLocal News
Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone Celebration 11th September 2018 “Good morning everybody, and welcome. It’s great to see so many people here today as we celebrate the success to date of the Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone, on... Speeches
Keeping the Stoke £ in Stoke! 28th August 2018 Under the Conservative/Independent coalition, focusing on keeping the Stoke-on-Trent £ in Stoke has been a big priority. Residents are often not aware of the... ArticlesLocal News
Welcoming Poppies: Weeping Window to Stoke-on-Trent 31st July 2018 One of the first campaigns I was involved in upon becoming Deputy Leader was Stoke-on-Trent’s bid to host the Poppies from the Tower of London. It is with... ArticlesLocal News
There’s More To ‘C’ in the Future... 23rd July 2018 Hugely disappointed today with the news that Stoke-on-Trent won’t be the location of a Channel 4 creative hub. Despite a well received visit, and impressive... ArticlesLocal News
Hey Channel 4 - Welcome to Stoke-on-Trent! 28th June 2018 It’s absolutely brilliant to have local Oscar winner and all round amazing person Rachel Shenton with us today as part of our presenting team as we welcome... ArticlesLocal News
Stoke-on-Trent Makes the Channel 4 Shortlist! 30th May 2018 Brilliant news today that we have made it through to shortlisting stage for the Channel 4 creative hubs. This comes on the back of the decision by Channel 4 to... ArticlesLocal News
