Save Tunstall Children's Centre this Friday (12th November) 1pm - 3pm

Just looking on twitter this morning, and the BBC Stoke Reporter David says:

BBC Radio Stoke's learned Stoke-on-Trent's closure-threatened children's centres are funded by government money which remains guaranteed

If SOTCC are going to put out a budget with cuts like these, they should at least be getting their facts right.

In other news, over on Pits N Pots, Tony Walley jumps onto his soapbox and writes about Stoke-on-Trents Budget cuts:

To some Potteye [Cllr Mike Barnes] and Community Voice are described as a ‘pain in the arse’ – they are often portrayed as troublemakers. But if they did not keep bringing these issues out into the fore we, the public would be none the wiser.

The question needs asking why there aren’t more councillors of all political persuasions asking pertinent questions and investigating those potential banana skins.

Then we have the massive own goal of the refurbishment of the first floor of the Civic Centre.

Tony raises an excellent point here. Mike Barnes, like or loathe him isn't turning up for work and doing as he's told, he's turning up for work as a councillor and doing what you expect from a councillor, working for the people, and trying to find other ways out of this mess.

A party to watch in this next election is Community Voice, and will be interested to see if they field representatives in the new Tunstall wards.