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Kerry Ashdown

Local Democracy Reporting Service

February 29, 2024

New mayor becomes the First Citizen almost 40 years after his father donned the civic chain

Stafford|Feb 29, 2024

February 28, 2024

Apartment plans for hotel site near Cannock

Cannock|Feb 28, 2024

February 27, 2024

Council approves budget including £5 council tax rise

Staffordshire|Feb 27, 2024

February 23, 2024

Council passes budget as alternative proposals are thrown out

Cannock|Feb 23, 2024

February 22, 2024

Plans lodged for industrial site on land next to M6 in South Staffordshire

South Staffordshire|Feb 22, 2024

February 21, 2024

Rise in complaints to police for second year in a row

Crime|Feb 21, 2024

Penkridge solar farm plans approved despite dozens of objections

Penkridge|Feb 21, 2024

Councillors give the go-ahead for solar panels to be installed on green belt land

Staffordshire|Feb 21, 2024

February 20, 2024

Team helping people after falls helping to cut ambulance waits and hospital stays

Staffordshire|Feb 20, 2024

Trial of reduced crew numbers for on-call firefighters set to be extended in Staffordshire

Staffordshire|Feb 20, 2024

February 18, 2024

Stafford Borough Council ordered to improve financial planning arrangements following audit

Stafford|Feb 18, 2024

February 15, 2024

New Alton Towers attraction plans revealed

Entertainment|Feb 15, 2024

February 14, 2024

Educational sessions planned to help children reduce vaping

Staffordshire|Feb 14, 2024

Staffordshire residents to see precept rise

Staffordshire|Feb 14, 2024

February 13, 2024

Staffordshire residents to pay increased fee for fire services

Staffordshire|Feb 13, 2024

Stafford Borough Council awarded more than £50K towards cost of housing asylum seekers in hotel

Staffordshire|Feb 13, 2024

February 8, 2024

New homes approved for open space deemed surplus to requirements

Rugeley|Feb 8, 2024

24/7 road policing and operation relaunched in response to road deaths

Crime|Feb 8, 2024

February 7, 2024

'Habitat bank' set to be created in South Staffordshire to help developers meet future environmental improvement requirements

Staffordshire|Feb 7, 2024

South Staffordshire Council tax set to go up by £5

Staffordshire|Feb 7, 2024

February 5, 2024

Council to spend £325k tackling health inequalities

Health|Feb 5, 2024

Councillor granted six-month absence from meetings because he is working in India

Staffordshire|Feb 5, 2024

February 3, 2024

Home Office gives council £175k to cover cost of accommodating asylum seekers in hotel

Cannock Chase|Feb 3, 2024

February 2, 2024

'Significant weaknesses' identified in Cannock Chase Council audit

Politics|Feb 2, 2024

January 31, 2024

Staffordshire Police to action new approach for people with mental health issues

Staffordshire|Jan 31, 2024

Staffordshire Police action to improve quality of investigations

Staffordshire|Jan 31, 2024

January 30, 2024

Staffordshire Police moves closer to being taken out of special measures as improvements are made

Staffordshire|Jan 30, 2024

January 28, 2024

Staffordshire residents face hike in council tax

Staffordshire|Jan 28, 2024

January 26, 2024

New housing development and this week’s other applications

Cannock Chase|Jan 26, 2024

January 24, 2024

Changes approved for entrance of new supported living flats

Stafford|Jan 24, 2024

January 18, 2024

How tree planting can help council become carbon neutral by 2050

Staffordshire|Jan 18, 2024

January 16, 2024

Former office space in Stafford could be transformed into homes

Stafford|Jan 16, 2024

January 15, 2024

Still no sign of Stafford blueprint for the future after Government delays

Stafford|Jan 15, 2024

January 12, 2024

£1m investment in endoscopy to cut waiting times

Health|Jan 12, 2024

Plans for former nightclub site return to council after concerns raised

Cannock|Jan 12, 2024

Daughter of man told alone at 3am he had cancer fights to improve families' hospital experiences

Stafford|Jan 12, 2024

Hike in council tax on the cards for Stafford residents

Stafford|Jan 12, 2024

December 19, 2023

Council writes off 'irrecoverable' council tax and business rate debts

Cannock|Dec 19, 2023

December 16, 2023

Councillors urges residents in crisis to ring Samaritans ahead of December 22 awareness event

Staffordshire|Dec 16, 2023

Residents complain plush Cannock house has been used as 'brothel' and 'party venue'

Cannock|Dec 16, 2023

December 13, 2023

Shakespeare show to remain at Stafford theatre for 2024 after moving from castle due to financial challenges

Stafford|Dec 13, 2023

December 8, 2023

Takeaway’s bid for new late night licence fails

Stafford|Dec 8, 2023

December 4, 2023

Community leader brands high baby mortality rates in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire a 'scandal'

Health|Dec 4, 2023

November 30, 2023

Call blocker proves 'life-changing' for vulnerable resident

Staffordshire|Nov 30, 2023

November 29, 2023

HS2 campaign group celebrates victory and reveals next steps

Stone|Nov 29, 2023

November 24, 2023

Work continuing on Staffordshire History Centre and is set to be finished next summer

Stafford|Nov 24, 2023

Battery energy storage site plans for farmland are rejected

Environment|Nov 24, 2023

November 23, 2023

Plan for 30 homes on empty industrial land in Great Wyrley gets go-ahead

Staffordshire|Nov 23, 2023

November 22, 2023

Concerns about stroke patients making their own way to hospital

Health|Nov 22, 2023

November 20, 2023

Councillors back plans for ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Cannock|Nov 20, 2023

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