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
Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone Delivers at Tunstall Arrow 17th August 2017 Great to be at the Tunstall Arrow site today for the official sod cutting, starting work on bringing another brownfield site back into use! Planning permission... ArticlesLocal News
Stoke-on-Trent Shortlisted - We Did It!! 15th July 2017 Absolutely delighted that Stoke-on-Trent has been shortlisted to be UK City of Culture 2021! We join Coventry, Paisley, Sunderland and Swansea in the final... ArticlesLocal News
Strong and Stable Pavements in Heathfield Grove and Milward Grove 11th May 2017 Cllr Abi Brown was delighted to see the pavements in Heathfield Grove being resurfaced last week, following a number of requests from residents about the broken... Local News
Stoke-on-Trent City Council at the Heart of City of Culture Title Bid 30th March 2017 I’ve always been clear that Stoke-on-Trent’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2021 is about so much more than the City Council - in fact, we would not have bid in... ArticlesLocal News
Just Doing The Right Thing... 26th January 2017 When I stood for election in 2015, I had no idea I would be anything more than the councillor for Meir Park ward. It is an absolute honour to serve the... Local News
ConservativeHome blog - Providing the Homes that Stoke Needs 12th October 2016 I’m always keen to promote what we are doing in Stoke-on-Trent to a wider audience. Here’s the start of a blog I’ve had published today on the ConservativeHome... Opinions
Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone 16th November 2015 In 2010, Stoke-on-Trent failed to secure one of the government’s flagship Enterprise Zones. When a second opportunity arose in 2015, I was determined we would... Local News
Winning for the Conservatives in Stoke-on-Trent 27th October 2015 Following on from my invitation to be part of Greg Clark’s conference session this year, here’s a little blog from me on the ConservativeHome site today; A few... ArticlesOpinions
