News published April 2025
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Council set to ensure essential work done as part of schools PFI hand back
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is prepared to step in to ensure essential improvements to the city’s school buildings reach completion as part of the hand back process for its Private Finance Initiative.
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Extra £4.4 million UKSPF funding for community organisations, good causes and to support skills and development
Local organisations, good causes and the city's ongoing Centenary celebrations are all set to benefit from a multi-million-pound funding boost.
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Care leavers to be considered in council policy as it becomes a ‘locally protected characteristic’
Stoke-on-Trent City Council will give new lifelong rights and protections to young people who spend time in care.
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‘StokieLEGO’ to build city Centenary logo out of iconic bricks
A Stoke-on-Trent man whose LEGO creations have been seen and loved by fans across the world has started building the city centenary logo out of bricks.
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Illegal dumping site closed as part of canalside housing regeneration plan
An unoccupied street in Shelton is being closed from next month following years of ongoing issues with anti-social behaviour and illegal dumping.
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Family Matters helps more than 1000 children in just one year
A pioneering programme to help support families in Stoke-on-Trent has helped more than 1,100 children in its first year.
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Council commits to improve understanding and openness of the planning process
A document which outlines how planners engage with residents, businesses, groups and stakeholders is being updated to help streamline the planning process and enable decision to be made quicker.
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Providers of care and support for vulnerable adults in line for above-inflation fees increase
Providers of adult social care in Stoke-on-Trent could receive above-inflation fee increases, under proposals to be considered by the council’s ruling cabinet.
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Seddon appointed as construction partner for £11.5 million Watermill School satellite project
Work is underway on a multi-million-pound school project to provide more first-class learning opportunities for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
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Man sentenced after trading standards exercise seizes illegal cigarettes
A Stoke-on-Trent trader has been sentenced following a successful trading standards operation targeting the sale of illegal tobacco and vapes.
