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Reporting local life since 1854 37p Tuesday, November 22, 2011 SEN-eO1-S2 [P/R] [P/R] Your guide to the big switch-on! Your guide to the big switch-on! Stars head to Hanley for Christmas lights spectacular – inside today Stars head to Hanley for Christmas lights spectacular – inside today £24m CUTS BLOW 358 jobs may go... and even the ceremonial Lord Mayor isn’t safe FURY AT TP’S FINE Showdown for primary schools MINISTERS from the Department for Education will meet with MPs to discuss the Government’s intervention at six primary schools. The Sentinel revealed last week how six primaries in Stoke-on-Trent have been told to become academies after being placed on a Government hit list of under-performing schools. Speaking to Stoke-on-Trent North MP Joan Walley in the House of Commons yesterday, Education Secretary Michael Gove said ministers will meet with leaders in the city to discuss the move. See Page 15 CHANGES: The planned cuts will affect, clockwise from left, the Lord Mayor, libraries, museums, Northwood Stadium and bin services, with 350 jobs lost. BACK PAGE BY ALEX CAMPBELL [email protected] COUNCIL tax will rise and 358 jobs will be made redundant under plans to save £24 million at a cash- strapped authority. Stoke-on-Trent City Council today begins public consultation on its sweeping cuts package which will see the axe fall on everything from care homes to the ceremonial role of the Lord Mayor. The Labour-controlled authority is set to reject a Government cash incentive to freeze council tax fees and instead increase them by 3.5 per cent to shave £3 million from the £24 million savings target. That would see people living in 69,000 Band A properties paying an extra £26.68 in 2012/13. A further £3 million in extra effi- ciency savings the council has made this year will be carried for- ward. The council also plans to use £5 million raised from the cuts as investment to try to attract new businesses to Stoke-on-Trent. A detailed breakdown of the pro- posed savings reveals: ■ Day care centres in Burslem, Shelton and Fenton could be closed to save £700,000 with 40 jobs axed; ■ Care homes at The Meadows, in Bucknall, and St Michael’s, in Chell, could close as care homes are considered for “alter n- ative use” to save £334,000; ■ The 358 proposed job cuts are made up of 288 redund- ancies and the closure of 70 vacant posts; ■ Four senior manage- ment positions costing £424,000-a-year could be axed; ■ Brown bin col- lections for compostable food, garden cuttings and cardboard could be stopped between Novem- ber and March to save £170,000; ■ The historic post of Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor, which date back to 1928, could be stripped of its ceremonial responsibilities with no further civic functions. Up to £130,000 would be saved by also axing the Mayor’s chauffeur, car and secretary; ■ Plans to reduce opening hours at the city’s libraries and Gladstone Pottery Museum, in Longton, and proposals to increase charges at Northwood Stadium. The planned cuts for 2012/13 fol- low a £35.6 million savings pro- gramme, which saw almost 800 jobs cut earlier this year. They reflect a further reduction in Government funding of £8 million and £11 million in unavoidable cost pressures such as rising inflation, contractual pay increases and payback plans for major capital investments. Council leader Mohammed Pervez, pic- tured below, said: “We’re in a nightmare situation.” Addressing the issue of further redundancies, chief executive John van de Laarschot said: “We have probably had 1,000 too many people working for us based on the council’s size and the population that we serve.” The council had 5,433 employees at the end of June. Consultation on the proposal ends on December 23. See Pages 2&3 A CHEF kept the till takings from a hospital where he worked to pay his debts, rather than putting them in the bank. Alan Hoskin yesterday started an 15-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to theft from the North Staffordshire Nuffield Hospital, in Clayton. He admitted stealing £15,286. See Page 4 Chef is jailed 46 Piccadilly, Hanley ST1 1EG ©NM 46 PICCADILLY HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE ST1 1EG 01782 263888 WWW.BUCKSJEWELLERS.COM NEED MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS? CASH IN YOUR OLD GOLD NOW!
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37pTuesday,November22,2011 CASHINYOUROLD GOLDNOW! BACK PAGE Reporting local life since 1854 BY ALEX CAMPBELL CHANGES: The planned cuts will affect, clockwise from left, the Lord Mayor, libraries, museums, Northwood Stadium and bin services, with 350 jobs lost. See Pages 2&3 [email protected] 46Piccadilly,HanleyST11EG 46PICCADILLYHANLEY,STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIREST11EG 01782263888 WWW.BUCKSJEWELLERS.COM S E N -e O 1 -S 2 [P / R ] [P/R] ©NM
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Reporting local life since 1854 37pTuesday, November 22, 2011
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Your guide to the big switch-on!Your guide to the big switch-on!Stars head to Hanley for Christmas lights spectacular – inside todayStars head to Hanley for Christmas lights spectacular – inside today
£24m CUTS BLOW358 jobs may go... and even theceremonial Lord Mayor isn’t safe
FURY ATTP ’S FINE
Showdown forprimary schoolsMINISTERS from theDepartment for Educationwill meet with MPs to discussthe Government’sintervention at six primarys ch o o l s.
The Sentinel revealed lastweek how six primaries inStoke-on-Trent have been toldto become academies afterbeing placed on a Governmenthit list of under-performings ch o o l s.
Speaking to Stoke-on-TrentNorth MP Joan Walley in theHouse of Commons yesterday,Education Secretary MichaelGove said ministers will meetwith leaders in the city todiscuss the move.See Page 15
CHANGES: Theplanned cuts willaffect, clockwisefrom left, theLord Mayor,libraries,museums,
NorthwoodStadium and bin services,with 350 jobs lost.
BACK PAGE
BY ALEX [email protected]
COUNCIL tax will rise and 358 jobswill be made redundant underplans to save £24 million at a cash-strapped authority.
Stoke-on-Trent City Counciltoday begins public consultation onits sweeping cuts package whichwill see the axe fall on everythingfrom care homes to the ceremonialrole of the Lord Mayor.
The Labour-controlled authorityis set to reject a Government cashincentive to freeze council tax feesand instead increase them by 3.5per cent to shave £3 million fromthe £24 million savings target.
That would see people living in69,000 Band A properties paying anextra £26.68 in 2012/13.
A further £3 million in extra effi-ciency savings the council hasmade this year will be carried for-w a rd .
The council also plans to use £5million raised from the cuts asinvestment to try to attract newbusinesses to Stoke-on-Trent.
A detailed breakdown of the pro-posed savings reveals:■ Day care centres in Burslem,Shelton and Fenton could be closedto save £700,000 with 40 jobs axed;■ Care homes at The Meadows, inBucknall, and St Michael’s, inChell, could close as care homesare considered for “alter n-ative use” to save £334,000;■ The 358 proposed job cutsare made up of 288 redund-ancies and the closure of 70vacant posts;■ Four senior manage-ment positions costing£424,000-a-year could bea xe d ;■ Brown bin col-
lections for compostable food,garden cuttings and cardboardcould be stopped between Novem-ber and March to save £170,000;■ The historic post of Lord Mayorand Deputy Lord Mayor, which dateback to 1928, could be stripped of itsceremonial responsibilities withno further civic functions. Up to£130,000 would be saved by alsoaxing the Mayor’s chauffeur, carand secretary;■ Plans to reduce opening hours atthe city’s libraries and GladstonePottery Museum, in Longton, andproposals to increase charges atNorthwood Stadium.
The planned cuts for 2012/13 fol-low a £35.6 million savings pro-gramme, which saw almost 800jobs cut earlier this year.
They reflect a furtherreduction in Governmentfunding of £8 million and £11million in unavoidable costpressures such as risinginflation, contractual payincreases and paybackplans for major capitali nve s t m e n t s.
Council leaderMohammed Pervez, pic -tured below, said: “We ’rein a nightmare situation.”
Addressing the issue offurther redundancies,chief executive John vande Laarschot said: “We have
probably had 1,000 toomany people working forus based on the council’ssize and the populationthat we serve.”
The council had 5,433employees at the end of June.Consultation on the proposal
ends on December 23.
See Pages 2&3
A CHEF kept the till takingsfrom a hospital where heworked to pay his debts,rather than putting them inthe bank.
Alan Hoskin yesterdaystarted an 15-month prisonsentence after pleading guiltyto theft from the NorthStaffordshire NuffieldHospital, in Clayton. Headmitted stealing £15,286.See Page 4
Chef is jailed
46 Piccadilly, Hanley ST1 1EG©NM
46 PICCADILLY HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT,STAFFORDSHIRE ST1 1EG
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