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Computer courses through Stoke-on-Trent College - free to all Trade Union Members

The independent Boundary Committee for England has asked people in Stoke-on-Trent to comment on proposed new local electoral arrangements for Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The Committee’s review will decide how many councillors should sit on the Council and will also establish new boundaries for its wards. Read Joan’s most recent submissions to the review.

The Government set up a review of the way funding money, for former mining areas, is provided and below is the response Joan sent to the consultation.

Joan has had a stream of people asking what to do about blocked gullies and wanted to highlight that this is a matter for the local council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council has confirmed that anyone wishing to report a problem with any road side gully or drain should call Stoke-on-Call on 01782 234234.

Following a statement from the Secretary of State for Health on the future of the National Health Service Joan asks how the new arrangement of GP-led commissioning is going to deal with those health inequalities, when local authorities in Stoke-on-Trent have to make £70 million of cuts over the next three years.

Joan was delighted to have the honour of opening the summer fete at St Mary's Catholic Primary School and see first hand the progress St Mary's has made in the last year.

Information from VAST on the latest funding opportunities news and events within the Voluntary and Community Sector.

An update on Coalfields Regeneration Trust's funding programmes in the West Midlands

Joan asks the Minister of State for Further Educations, Skills and Lifelong Learning to look carefully at the urgent need for increased capital expenditure in Stoke-on-Trent and at whether we can apply for the £5 million to get investment in the Burslem and Shelton campuses.

Joan is supporting Motor Neurone Disease Association’s call for a National Strategy for Motor Neurone Disease (MND); for national guidance on MND to provide health and social care professionals with much-needed advice and direction on appropriate standards of care.