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Stoke update

A quick update from LocalGov as I’ve blogged on the story before: The police will not be charging former Stoke Mayor, Mark Meredith, and two other men with corruption after the Crown Prosecution Service said there was not enough evidence to make a case. Mr Meredith, who no longer holds a role at the council following a [...]

Labour Mayor quits, sort of, following corruption probe

10 March 2009 , ,
Stoke-on-Trent Mayor Mark Meredith has been arrested and questioned as part of the police investigation into plans to close the splash pool in Burslem. The closure plans were defeated in June 2008 after vigorous public protests. The Sentinel reports: The 43-year-old has stepped down from all his major political roles as he fights to clear his name [...]