Joint statement from Ruth Smeeth MP and Gareth Snell MP Today, the Tories and Independents that run Stoke-on-Trent City Council will push through an emergency budget, slashing jobs and services to divert cash to their failing Children’s Services department. We welcome any money to help vulnerable local kids – but…

No one can say politics is boring at the moment – but trust me it is difficult I would love to be writing today about anything other than Brexit.  I want to be highlighting the savage cuts we’ve seen announced by the City Council to our local services.  I want to be…

Too many people think that politics doesn’t matter. That regardless of how you vote, nothing changes. But the reality is, it does matter who is elected, what promises they’ve made and what they do when they get into power. For nine years we’ve seen huge cuts to our public services.…