Messages from Manchester - Conservative Party Conference 2023 Friday, 27 October, 2023 Autumn in Manchester is usually rainy, so I packed accordingly. It didn’t rain as much as predicted in the conference centre, in fact whilst the mainstream media reported we were all down in the dumps, my impressions from Conservative Party Conference 2023 were that there are still embers alight in the party, albeit perhaps not where you might think they’d be. My conferences nowadays revolve... Opinions
Stoke-on-Trent Brings Home Nearly £60m to ‘Level Up’ Small but Mighty City 27th October 2021 Huge excitement today to hear the Chancellor announce Stoke-on-Trent’s success in the budget - receiving three Levelling Up Fund bids (out of a possible 4)... Local News
Centre for Cities : What Urban Leaders Want From Levelling Up 26th October 2021 In advance of Thursday’s Spending Review, I was pleased to contribute to a Centre for Cities publication outlining what urban leaders want from the government’s... Opinions
£432k of Community Safety Improvements Heading for the City Centre 25th October 2021 Getting people back into our town and city centres is a key focus as we recovery from covid-19, we have some amazing independents as well as many well-known... Local News
Conservative Party Conference 2021 6th October 2021 After a year’s break due to Covid-19, the 2021 Conservative Party Conference was a welcome opportunity to once again raise the profile of our work in Stoke-on... Opinions
‘Lidice Shall Live’ - 79 years on 14th June 2021 Last week, I was honoured to join the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, Cllr Dr Chandra Kanneganti, at a special event to commemorate the atrocities committed in... Local News
Stoke-on-Trent’s ‘Safer Streets’ 7th June 2021 Safer Streets - £432,000 funding for the city centre Late last week Staffordshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Ben Adams announced that £432,000 has been... Local News
Stoke-on-Trent’s Newest Development - The Goods Yard with Capital & Centric 7th March 2021 Delighted to announce on Monday that Stoke-on-Trent City Council will be working with well-known social developer, Capital and Centric, to transform the Swift... Local News
Powering Up Stoke-on-Trent 3rd March 2021 At the end of last week, we launched ‘Powering Up Stoke-on-Trent’, our prospectus for the city, of opportunities for partnership and investment. In tandem, we... Local News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson Visits Stoke-on-Trent’s Mass Vaccination Centre 1st March 2021 It was great this week to welcome the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to Stoke-on-Trent’s mass vaccination centre. Joined by the 3 Stoke-on-Trent MPs plus the... Local News