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  • 3 days ago | lichfieldlive.co.uk | Phil Corrigan

    NIGEL Farage says a Reform UK team will help find “significant” savings at Staffordshire County Council. The party’s national leader made the pledge during a visit to the County Buildings today (3rd June) to meet the authority’s new cabinet following the landslide election victory last month. Mr Farage spoke about Reform’s plans to send a team of software engineers, data analysts and forensic auditors to comb through the county council’s finances in order to identify savings.

  • 4 days ago | stoke.nub.news | Phil Corrigan

    Claims that a local government revamp in North Staffordshire will mean a Stoke-on-Trent takeover are 'just plain daft', a council leader has said. Jane Ashworth, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, was speaking during a discussion about devolution and local government reorganisation, hosted by North Staffs Pensioners Convention.

  • 4 days ago | stoke.nub.news | Phil Corrigan

    A takeaway is bidding to stay open as late as 4am – after being caught trading outside its licensed hours. Caprinos Pizza, in Cross Heath, has applied to vary its premises licence so it can provide late night refreshment until 4am on Fridays and Saturdays and 3am the rest of the week.

  • 5 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Phil Corrigan

    Image source, LDRSImage caption, Telecom House in Hanley could be turned into 99 flatsLocal Democracy Reporter, StaffordshirePlans to turn a vacant city centre office building into 99 flats have been recommended for approval. The disused Telecom House in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, would be converted into 24 studios, 61 one-bedroom flats and 14 two-bedroom flats under the proposal submitted by TT Group.

  • 5 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Phil Corrigan

    Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Housebuilding targets are set to soar in the coming yearsLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceCouncil bosses in Stoke-on-Trent have agreed a new plan for building more homes in the city after failing to hit increasing government targets. In the three years up to 2022-23, a total of 1,397 homes were built in Stoke-on-Trent, compared with a goal of 1,536; an annual average of more than 500.

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Phil Corrigan
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15 May 25

Birches Head and Northwood by-election result (Stoke-on-Trent City Council) Khawar Ali (Con) - 73 Jean Bowers (City Ind) - 346 Maggie Bradley (Lab) - 449 Luke Shenton (Ref) - 1,226 REF GAIN FROM LAB Turnout: 28.11%