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Central government has officially confirmed the end of intervention for children and young people’s services in Stoke-on-Trent. In a letter to the leader of the city council, Councillor Mohammed Pervez, under secretary of state for children and families, Tim Loughton MP, says: [quote]“There is clear commitment to and motivation for continual improvement in Stoke at officer level and I was also pleased to hear of the political support for the children’s services improvement agenda.”

Stoke-on-Trent Central parliamentary candidates attended an open Community Schools Action Group Meeting at Bentilee Neighbourhood Centre on the evening of April 28th.

Pits n Pots can today confirm that Stoke-on-Trent City Council plans to switch up to 800 jobs to the proposed Central Business District in Hanley have been scrapped. The City Council had proposed to switch the jobs to a private company. The preferred bidders were Balfour Beatty Workplace/BT Global Solutions and Serco who are still fighting for the contract. The jobs would have included members of the Human Resources, CCTV maintenance, IT and Administration departments.

Sharon Menghini has been appointed as the new Director of Children and Young People’s Services at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Sharon was appointed after a meeting of the city council’s Human Resources Committee on Thursday 18 February. She will join the city council from her current role as Director of Children and Young People’s Services at Herefordshire County Council. Sharon has worked as Director of Children’s Services at Herefordshire Council since April 2007.

By Pits'n'Pots Reporter. Press Statement from The Labour Group on Stoke-on-Trent City Council The eye-watering £2 million to cover the pension contributions quite rightly has outraged many, not least because only three months ago when the budget was approved it seems to have been "overlooked". It also highlights the great disparity between our more "elite" senior council officers, with their fantastic salaries, pensions and perks, and those working on the frontline fighting to deliver essen

Audio Interview Now Online! By Tony Walley & Mike Rawlins. On Friday Mike Rawlins and myself went to interview Council Leader Ross Irving, it is a little over 3 months since Ross was voted in to the position of Council Leader.  We wanted to ask him  how he thought things were going and what the future holds. [caption id="attachment_7205" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Council Leader Ross Irving being interviewed by Tony Walley"][/caption] Since the council chamber recon

Source: PKB Blog [caption id="attachment_1121" align="alignleft" width="90" caption="Peter Kent-Baguley"][/caption] Tight corners generate dodgy language. Not surprisingly, it’s seldom in short supply at the Town Hall.

By Nicky Davis Source – Sentinel It is reported that children and young people’s services could now be brought  back in house as a result of cash shortages.  I hope SERCO really are on their way out now!  Like Rob Flello says, "I won't be sorry to see them go."  He also says they set back BSF by several years.  Good old Mick Salih goes even further and says they failed miserably on BSF.  Well said Mick! The Sentinel says there were “damning reports on the council's treatment of vulnerab

By Tony Walley. [caption id="attachment_1818" align="alignleft" width="75" caption="Tony Walley "][/caption] Because of, or in spite of - SERCO? This week has seen the publication of this years GCSE results. First off let us celebrate the fantastic achievement of our city's secondary schools.