{"pk":6273,"title":"Labour News Little Chell & Stanfields","description":"Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been forced\r\nto make large reductions in it's spending\r\nafter the funding it receives was brutally\r\nslashed by the Tory-lib Dem Government.\r\nMost of the money-Which pays for\r\ncouncil runnlng costs and services\r\ncomes from a grant from Central\r\nGovernment.\r\nWith Labour there was Cl huge\r\ninvestment in Council services, but\r\nfollowing cuts announced by the\r\nTory-leo Government, Stoke-on-\r\nTrent City Council faced a £36\r\nmillion shortfall.\r\nThe brutal cuts sadly mean the\r\nclosure of Tunstall Pool, Shelton\r\nPool, Burslern and Fenton Libraries\r\nand a reduction in Bus Subsidies,\r\nalong with other measures .\r\n...T.he council will also lose many of\r\nit's dedicated staff through having\r\nto reduce it's worktorce,\r\nLabour's Melanie Clark said: \"This is probably one of the most difficult\r\ntimes for OUt City. Labour has done it's best to minimise the damage to\r\nstoke-on- Trent, but cuts to well-loved services have had to happen\r\nbecause of harsh reductions in Government funding, David Carneron\r\nsays we're all in this together ~why then have councils in deprived\r\nareas like Stoke-on- Trent been hit twice as hard as rich Tory-run\r\ncouncils in the South?\"\r\nDespite this unfair treatment by the Tory led Government, local\r\nLabour Councillors fought hard and were able to save services for\r\nthe most vulnerable people including:\r\n• JET projects to help the unemployed back into work\r\n• All of the Surestart Childrens' Centres\r\n• Stoke Speaks Out\r\n• Respite care for families with disabled children","party":{"party_id":"party:53","party_name":"Labour Party"},"people":[],"images":[{"image":"https://images.electionleaflets.org/leaflets/cc1151258a3492d95e8d8388f319389d.jpg","image_type":null},{"image":"https://images.electionleaflets.org/leaflets/3a4fff5803cdefa029fc5cbe61fbcd2b.jpg","image_type":null},{"image":"https://images.electionleaflets.org/leaflets/89c3cfe0e0f37c22a7dd282f64c66583.jpg","image_type":null}],"first_page_thumb":"https://images.electionleaflets.org/thumbs/350/leaflets/cc1151258a3492d95e8d8388f319389d.png","date_uploaded":"2011-03-30T21:43:58+01:00","date_delivered":"2011-03-23T00:00:00Z","status":"live"}