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How deeply disappointing the announcement by the Boundary Committee is for an opportunity to strengthen democracy in Stoke-on-Trent. The whole review seems very focused on how the council works and is run. Surely the first priority when reassessing any part of the electoral processes or structure should be improving the relevance of the representation and reconnecting with the electorate. Has the Boundary Commission and the Government missed the point?

Source: Potteye Blog How deeply disappointing the announcement by the Boundary Committee is for an opportunity to strengthen democracy in Stoke-on-Trent. The whole review seems very focused on how the council works and is run.

[caption id="attachment_5246" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mick Williams - D4S Convenor"][/caption] Contributed Article By: Democracy4Stoke. Following John Healey's statement to the House of Commons on 8th May D4S considered its responses to the issues which it raised and programmed its meetings so as to be able to make submissions to the Department on these. The ministerial changes in June - some of which preceded and others which were as a result of the dire local and Euro e

Source: The Independent Any teacher found to be a member of the British National Party (BNP) faces being banned from the classroom after the Government announced it is to launch a fresh attempt to stamp out racism from Britain's schools. Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, has asked the former chief inspector of schools, Maurice Smith, to conduct a review of measures designed to protect pupils from racism.

Source: Politics.co.uk Gordon Brown has made a firm confirmation of his leadership ahead of Labour's annual conference in Brighton. As delegates gathered by the sea to attend four days of meetings and speeches, Mr Brown appeared on the Andrew Marr show to assure viewers he would lead the party into the next general election. Asked if the party had lost the will to live, Mr Brown said: "Not at all. "A setback can either be a challenge that means it's an opportunity to do something bet

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Source: PublicService.co.uk [caption id="attachment_7190" align="alignleft" width="130" caption="Peter Mandelson"][/caption] As Peter Mandelson expands and consolidates his new role as the Prime Minister's unofficial deputy, Matthew George looks at the success – or otherwise – of bringing talent into government by way of the unelected House of Lords When Gordon Brown swept into 10 Downing Street in June 2007 he wanted to assemble a government of all the talents.

By Tony Walley. The Governance and Performance Transition Board has made a submission to the Electoral Commission’s Electoral Review of Stoke-on-Trent, responding to the question of council size. The submission, which will be available in full with the evidence to the committee, restates the key recommendations of the Governance Commission and re-affirms the Board's support for them.

Comment by Alison I've not written a piece for PnP for some time, and here I am, back on my favourite subject of law and order. A couple of weeks ago, I was on my family holiday at a seaside town in Dorset. It was Carnival week, and on the Wednesday the event was in full swing. It was a beautiful day, we spent the whole day on the beach in 30 degrees of sunshine, watching the Red Arrows, an Air/Sea rescue and there were lots of charity stalls and a funfair.