Cabinet members have agreed their final budget proposals - but further cuts may be needed if the government does not agree to ...

A couple transforming a house with no heating, gas or hot water have been slapped with a 200 per cent council tax bill - because the property has been empty for more than a year. Peter and Emma ...

So this is just another promise that they've broken." Here is what households in Stoke-on-Trent will be paying the council next year, if the budget proposals are agreed. The overall council tax bill ...

The cash-strapped council will receive further exceptional financial support in 2025/26, having previously been allocated £42 ...

As is the case every year, the draft budget will include a list of savings proposals as well as the proposed council tax increase. Councils such as Stoke-on-Trent which provide social care will be ...

Council tax in Stoke-on-Trent is set to go up by 4.99% under budget stabilisation plans proposed by the city council. The Labour-run council said it was a "difficult decision" but the increase ...

Council leader Abi Brown said the council was transforming the way it operates Job cuts and a council tax rise have been put forward as part of plans to save £10m in Stoke-on-Trent. More than 20 ...

Plans to cut pay for more than 1,000 council staff as part of £9m savings have been voted down. Stoke-on-Trent City ... children's homes and a council tax rise of 3.99%. Full council members ...

Plans to increase council tenants' rent by 2.7%, the maximum permitted under government guidelines, have been backed by leaders in Stoke-on-Trent. The rise proposed by the city council would mean ...

Completely clearing Stoke-on-Trent City Council's backlog of accounts could still take years, councillors have been warned. The city council has now published its draft accounts for 2023/24, eight ...

Schools in Stoke-on-Trent are holding back maintenance fees ... Some fear they could then be left with huge bills. The council said its priority was to get the schools handed over “safe, warm ...