Rob Flello
I was incensed to read the comments made by Newcastle-under-Lyme Councillor Ashley Howells in today's Sentinel. He said: [quote]"I am extremely sorry that I made a personal response on Twitter which has been misinterpreted and then sadly misrepresented by others.
General Election: The Best Coverage In Town.
06 May 2010
The electorate of Stoke-on-Trent go to the polls today and select the politicians they think will best represent their views and needs. The nation faces a massive decision today. Whether to stick with a Labour Government in a kind of 'better the devil you know' type of thing.
I asked all my PPCs some questions of particular interest to me: I said
Rob Flello MP For Stoke-on-Trent South Interview
30 Apr 2010
We caught up with Rob Flello, MP for Stoke-on-Trent South earlier this week. Tideswellman interviewed him and started off by asking him 'What have you done for Stoke South?'
On Tuesday 23rd February Stoke-on-Trent MPs Mark Fisher and Rob Flello met with schools minister Vernon Coaker, who reiterated a previous statement that a two school solution, instead of the currently planned merger of Mitchell and Edensor, would be completely acceptable, provided that it came wi
I’ve been too quiet for a little while now on BSF pupil numbers. I have been arguing this point with SERCO and the multitude of Children and Young People’s portfolio holders over the last two years, although I have not said much in the last 6 months because nobody with any influence in the council wants to see sense. But it is a good time to say something again now ahead of the visit by Ed Balls and Vernon Coaker in January.
Well it's that time of year again reader. Out with the old and in with the new. 2009 was a difficult year for many people, the recession, many people on short time working or worse still losing their jobs. A government reluctant to accept that the global economy was in melt down and the inevitability that recession would surely follow in the UK. January
SERCO – time to go!
16 Sep 2009
By Nicky Davis Source – Sentinel It is reported that children and young people’s services could now be brought back in house as a result of cash shortages. I hope SERCO really are on their way out now! Like Rob Flello says, "I won't be sorry to see them go." He also says they set back BSF by several years. Good old Mick Salih goes even further and says they failed miserably on BSF. Well said Mick! The Sentinel says there were “damning reports on the council's treatment of vulnerab
MP Campaigns for Free School Meals in City
29 Jun 2009
By Mike Rawlins [caption id="attachment_1599" align="alignleft" width="64" caption="Rob Flello MP"][/caption] Stoke-on-Trent South MP Rob Flello is this morning launching his campaign to get free school meals for all primary school children in the city. The free school meals will help families in the current economic climate and ensure that primary school children get a balanced meal each day. Rob is launching his campaign at Gladstone Primary School this morning by collecting signatur
Comment Article by Nicky Davis At their meeting of January 22nd, the full council voted on whether to move to whole council elections. However, most unreasonably, councillors were asked at the same time to include cancellation of the 2010 local election. Such a motion according to procedure needed two thirds approval, it was defeated. The decision was reported by the Sentinel. Mark Meredith was angry about the outcome so he had the Chris Harman ask Hazel Blears to force the whole council
