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It is being reported that five members of staff at Stoke-on-Trent City Council were suspended today (Friday) as part of an inquiry into alleged breaches of contract procedural rules and financial regulations. All five officers work in the Regeneration Directorate at the Civic Centre in Stoke. Staff from the Audit Commission, working with the City Council, also took away a number of files as part of the inquiry.

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Top officers in Stoke-on-Trent City Council were the first casualties in the Authorities bid to save £30million. 14 of its 37 directors and heads of department are to be axed as a part of a major rationalisation programme enabling a saving of some £1million. The number of Directorates will be cut form 6 down to 4 and they will encompass regeneration, children and young people’s services, business services and adult and neighbourhood services. Cabinet members and councillors were briefed by Chief Executive John van de Laarschot. Council staff were informed by email.

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What is happening to Stoke-on-Trent? We have just downloaded and been reading through a copy of the Council 2010/11 Budget Book in the PnP offices. Page 5 gives a brief history lesson about the 6 towns and their federation.

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Stoke-on-Trent City Councillors today [Thursday] backed plans to scrap the controversial NSRP, putting hundreds of jobs at risk in the City. At a meeting of the Full Council, elected members backed plans to form a new Local Enterprise Partnership [LEP] with neighbours Staffordshire County Council. Councillors also voiced concern about historical problems between the County Council and the City when trying to get Stoke-on-Trent's fair share of any joint funded venture. Four proposals had been put before the council including the option to stay in the current NSRP.

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Stoke-on-Trent City Council has confirmed its commitment to deliver a business district in the city centre. At a meeting of the cabinet on Thursday, 29th July, councillors approved to sign a development agreement for the 1.2million square foot proposed Central Business District. Mohammed Pervez, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, said the move was an important milestone in the progress of the project. He said: [quote]“Today’s decision is a significant step in the creation of a new Central Business District in Stoke-on-Trent.

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A problem cries out for attention; a bevy of bureaucrats call a few meetings, engage a crew of consultants, sift sundry strategies and then the big idea is launched through the media with much ballyhoo, drinks, canapes and glossy brochures, but slowly the realisation emerges from all the hot air that the solution to the problem was the bureaucrats old pal, another bureaucracy.

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Quote:"Centre giving way, left wing under pressure, situation excellent I shall attack". So a telegram went from the French general Foch during a particularly stressful moment during the Battle of the Marne in 1914 during the First World War. It was a testing moment during the war when resolve was tested and I feel that the same determination should be applied in discussing the future of my home town Stoke on Trent especially on its 100th birthday.

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Influential Stoke-on-Trent business man Mo Chaudry has resigned from the under fire North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership [NSRP], the body responsible for the regeneration of the city. Mr Chaudry, owner of one of Staffordshire finest leisure facilities Waterworld, has criticised what he describes as a 'quagmire of bureaucracy' that is impeding the work of the board. He criticised the NSRP for having missed opportunities due to slow decision making. He described the structure as 'muddled' and claimed that the organisation lacked 'autonomy'.

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The regeneration of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent is in crisis today as Newcastle Borough Council and Staffs Moorlands Council withdraw from the North Staffs Regeneration Partnership effectively disbanding the NSRP, and leaving question marks over funding and all of the future projects planned for Stoke-on-Trent and its surrounding areas. This follows [...]

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The regeneration of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent is in crisis today as Newcastle Borough Council and Staffs Moorlands Council withdraw from the North Staffs Regeneration Partnership effectively disbanding the NSRP, and leaving question marks over funding and all of the future projects planned for Stoke-on-Trent and its surrounding areas. This follows months of criticism and bad publicity over financial irregularities involving consultants, and the appointment of a paid, independent chair.

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