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July 21 2011, 2.33PM Pits n Pots
Labour Scrutiny Councillors Uphold Decision to Close Willfield Fitness Centre
Labour councillors today [Thursday] forced through the decision to close a popular fitness centre despite the gallant efforts of two of their own c...
June 30 2011, 1.04PM Pits n Pots
March in Support of Willfield Gym
There was a protest march on Tuesday 28th June 2011 against the planned closure of the Willfield gym, fitness centre and swimming pool. I have blog...
May 23 2011, 3.11PM Pits n Pots
S.O.C.C’s Alan Lear Hits out at the Leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Alan Lear of the S.O.C.C campaign updates Pits n Pots readers with the latest news on the fight to stop the City Council decimating the Children’...
May 20 2011, 11.11AM Pits n Pots
Terry Follows Denver as Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent
Popular Independent Councillor Terry Follows will be sworn in as the next Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent on 26th May. Terry the newly elected Council...
May 9 2011, 9.50PM My Tunstall
Cllr Lee Wanger taken back into the City Independent Group (Audio with Independent Group Leader Dave Conway)
Tonight Pits N Pots (Tony Walley (he's the guy who apparently has been bullying me - unconfirmed))...
May 9 2011, 8.47PM Pits n Pots
Dave Conway Elected Leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Independent Group
Ex Labour Group member Cllr Dave Conway has today been elected the Leader of the City Independent Group. Cllr Conway resigned from the Labour Group...
April 5 2011, 10.16AM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent Local Election Candidates List Released
199 candidates have come forward to contest the Stoke-on-Trent City Council Elections which will take place on 5th May 2011. These candidates will ...
March 31 2011, 12.19PM Pits n Pots
A Sad, Sad Day for Stoke-on-Trent - Action is Needed In London!
Today is a sad, sad day for our City and for everyone who lives and works here. This is the day that we say goodbye and bid farewell to a number of...
March 28 2011, 4.03PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent Needs Committed Councillors, Not Activists with a Grudge
I know that this blog article is going to make me mightily unpopular in some quarters of the Stoke-on-Trent political arena, but here goes. Followi...
March 25 2011, 12.30PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent Passengers Board the Bus to Fight Against Subsidy Cuts
The public of Stoke-on-Trent came out in force yesterday [Thursday] to speak out against the City Council’s decision to cut bus subsidies in a bi...
March 24 2011, 10.31AM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent Conservative De-Selected As Local Election Candidate
City of Stoke-on-Trent Conservative Member Shaun Bennett has been formally de-selected as a candidate for the upcoming local council elections. The...
March 23 2011, 1.10PM Pits n Pots
Beware! - There is Even More to the Right of The BNP in Stoke-on-Trent.
Just when you thought it was safe to assume that the City of Stoke-on-Trent had recovered from the blip of being Nick Griffin’s BNP ‘Jewel In T...
February 25 2011, 9.30AM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent City Council Approve £35million Cuts Budget
Stoke-on-Trent City Council set their budget today [Thursday] following a long and sometimes heated debate. The motion in moving the budget, which ...
January 22 2011, 1.38PM Pits n Pots
Tony Walley - On My Stoke-on-Trent Soapbox
Stoke-on-Trent City Council have had their funding cut by £22.5million by this national coalition government. Next year our city council are likel...
December 15 2010, 2.37PM Pits n Pots
Tony Walley - On My Stoke-on-Trent Soapbox
Politics – It’s a Dirty Job But Someone Has To Do It – Don’t They? Part 2 Ahead of last Thursday’s Full Council meeting I got the chance ...
December 10 2010, 3.36PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent City Council Meeting 9/12 Report
The Full Stoke-on-Trent City Council Meeting promised conflict protest and even, to coin a Coronation Street classic phrase, blood and knickers eve...
November 29 2010, 6.12PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent Councillor Roy Naylor Considers Legal Action Over Group Expulsion
Stoke-on-Trent City Councillor Roy Naylor is considering taking legal advice over his former Group Leader’s disclosure to the press that he has c...
November 19 2010, 9.26PM Pits n Pots
Barnes Mistake Has Follows Thinking 'Standards'
Two Stoke-on-Trent City Councillors were today embroiled in a war of words when one accused the other of not turning up to a council consultation m...
October 28 2010, 12.48PM Pits n Pots
Political Leaders React To Boundary Recommendations For Stoke-on-Trent Part 2
Part 2 More political reaction to the Boundary Commission recommendations for the warding arrangements for the City of Stoke-on-Trent to be impleme...
October 28 2010, 12.37PM Pits n Pots
Political Leaders React To Boundary Recommendations For Stoke-on-Trent
Political Leaders have spoken out about the Boundary Commissions recommendations for the new warding arrangements for the City of Stoke-on-Trent wh...
October 19 2010, 12.03PM Pits n Pots
Terry Used To Lead - Now He Just Follows!
Back in the day Terry Follows was a very strong Stoke-on-Trent City Councillor. So just what has happened to that up and at 'em revolutionary type ...
September 9 2010, 10.05PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent Full Council Report – Flowers, Boundaries & Digital Inclusion
The political season started in earnest today [Thursday 9th September] as Stoke-on-Trent City Council met after a short summer recess. The meeting ...
September 2 2010, 1.10PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent City Councillors Seek Deferral Of Boundary Committee Proposals
Two Stoke-on-Trent City Councillors are seeking a deferral to proposed changes to ward boundaries and a reduction in the number of elected represen...
August 2 2010, 3.30PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent Politics - A Current Snapshot
As Stoke-on-Trent politics is entering the summer recess, I thought I would give my opinion on the state of our City's politics as it stands at thi...
May 28 2010, 9.27PM Pits n Pots
Are The CIG Really Independent? - Cllr Janine Bridges Says 'Not Anymore!'
Pits n Pots Exclusive Audio Now Online! Since the late 90's the City Independent Group have served the electorate and represented the communities o...
May 26 2010, 9.17PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent City Independents Split Over Coalition Involvement
The City Independent Group on Stoke-on-Trent City council have been left reeling at the news that 2 of their high profile councillors have have wal...
May 24 2010, 11.04AM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent City Council - A Long Week Ahead!
I must be really sad me! But, I have to say I'm really looking forward to this week and reporting on the shenanigans of Stoke-on-Trent City Council...
May 12 2010, 1.23PM Pits n Pots
City Independent Group Change Their Leadership Team As They Look To Swell Their Numbers
The City Independent Group on Stoke-on-Trent City Council have changed their leadership team as the also look to swell their numbers. Cllr Brian Wa...
May 11 2010, 4.47PM Pits n Pots
A New Look To Stoke-on-Trent Labour Group.
Following a meeting of the Labour Group on Stoke-on-Trent City Council it has emerged that Cllr Mohammed Pervez [Burslem South] will continue as Gr...
May 10 2010, 1.26PM Pits n Pots
Stoke-on-Trent City Council - How The Chamber Has Changed And The Way Forward
On Thursday the City of Stoke-on-Trent turned to the Labour Party big time. Many people were predicting Labour losses as a result of the poll perfo...
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