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16 THE SENTINEL Thursday October 6, 2011 SEN-eO1-S2 [P] NEWS Extra chance to start college YOUNG people are being given an extra chance to sign up for further education and training courses this term. Stoke-on-Trent College will be launching a new round of courses on Monday and still has limited places available. They cover a range of topics as well as skills related to different trades. The aim is to help people who missed out on signing up for programmes last month and who have yet to decide on their next steps after leaving school. Courses range from gas fitting through to youth work practice. The college is also offering study opportunities for people interested in becoming holiday or resort reps, or who are keen on careers as airline cabin crew. College principal Sarah Robinson said: “We know that many young people who left school in early summer will still not have planned their paths through to future careers. “Making the right choices can be tough. “We are offering October starts to give those who may have chosen an option which they are unsure about, or have simply left the decision to the last minute, a way forward.” For more information, ring Stoke-on-Trent College on 01782 208208. RIGHT CHOICES: Stoke-on- Trent College principal Sarah Robinson. Support for big coffee morning to raise funds LORD Mayor Terry Follows is backing a nationwide big coffee morning to help raise funds for cancer support. Stoke-on-Trent’s first citizen will team up with Sainsbury’s and Macmillan Cancer Support to promote their event and raise money for support services for people suffering with the disease. Macmillan Cancer Support’s annual event wants people across the UK to hold coffee mornings on a particular day to raise funds for cancer support. The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan’s biggest fundraising event. Last year 43,000 people signed up across the UK to hold a coffee morning, raising more than £8 million. Mr Follows, said: “Macmillan is a charity which is close to my heart and one which does so much good for so many people during incredibly tough periods of their lives. “I wanted to offer my support to this event and hopefully we can raise a substantial amount of money in the continued fight against this awful disease.” The coffee morning will take place between 10.30am and 11.30am tomorrow at Sainsbury’s in London Road, Stoke. Donations can be made on arrival. BACKING: Lord Mayor Terry Follows. Former cadets invited to reunion FORMER members of a youth organisation have been invited to a reunion to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The 435 Newcastle Squadron of the Air Train- ing Corps is holding the reunion at the same time as its annual prize-giving ceremony. Cadets will receive presentations for their achievements throughout the year and a special award will be given to a member who competed the Nijmegen march, which covers 100 miles in four days in the Netherlands. The event takes place at the TA Centre, Liv- erpool Road, Cross Heath, on November 11, from 7.30pm. Tickets cost £3.50 which includes a buffet. For details, call Glyn Bennett on 01782 636751. Council tax to rise if incentive is rejected Authority fears it can’t afford postponing increase BY ALEX CAMPBELL [email protected] A GOVERNMENT cash incent- ive to freeze council tax across England could be rejected by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Most councils are expected not to increase tax next year, in line with plans outlined at the Conservative party conference in Manchester on Monday. But Labour-controlled Stoke- on-Trent City Council has con- firmed it will consider reject- ing a tax freeze because of the long-term cost implications. If the council agrees to freeze rates, which it did last year, the Government will provide a grant of about £2 million to cover the cost. It would be equivalent to an increase of about 2.5 per cent. But because the grant would not increase the council tax base from which future annual increases are made, the council would fall behind the expected level of tax income. It would either lead to huge tax hikes in future years or – more likely – the council would simply be unable to ever recoup the fund- ing. Councillor Paul Shotton, the authority’s deputy leader, said the council will be left up to £8 million out of pocket if the freeze incentives continue until the end of the compre- hensive spending review in 2014/15. He said: “Every time you defer an increase in the rates it has a knock-on impact. “It is made worse because the city has an extremely low tax base. We’re one of the cheapest in the UK for council tax. “No political decision has been made but we will discuss what our best option is.” Peter Bates, the council’s assistant director of financial services, said: “There is reason to be nervous because it is inev- itable that at some point the grant will fall away and the council could be in difficulties when it does. “We are at a huge disadvant- age because our tax base is so heavily skewed in the wrong direction. “We’ve got the lowest council tax by far in Staffordshire.” Christine Platt, chairman of Blur- ton Residents’ Association, said: “It is such a low income area, I don’t see how anyone can afford to pay a council tax increase. “There has been such a big rise in the cost of gas, elec- tricity and even prices at the super market.” Tory-run Staffordshire County Council became the first in the country to confirm a council tax freeze for 2012-13 on Monday. It also pledged to freeze tax bills for 2013-14, regardless of Government incentives. Do you think council tax should be frozen? Email us at [email protected] AT PLAY: Children wore blindfolds and played games with a ringing football as part of a lesson on disabled sport. The event at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, in Newcastle, was part of a national drive to promote disabled sports ahead of the Paralympic Games next year. Acting headteacher Julia Ellerton said: “It’s really important for the children to try out these different kinds of sports ahead of the Paralympics. “It shows them how people with these problems overcome them to play sports.” Children at the school will get a chance to try out a range of disabled sports over the coming months. Sainsbury’s has funded the equipment as part of a challenge to get one million children involved in disabled sports before London 2012. Pictured, from left, are James Peacock, Sharon Fieldhouse, from Sainsbury’s, Matthew Oxley, Tilli Smith, Nathan Heath and Robyn O‘Leary. Picture: Steve Bould This year The Regent Theatre is making all your panto wishes come true with the spectacular pantomime Aladdin. But you won’t need a genie to get 2 tickets for the price of 1, as our annual pantomime promotion is back by popular demand! EastEnders and I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Joe Swash heads up an amazing cast in his Stoke-on-Trent debut. So join Joe, Widow Twankey, and the beauful princess as they ba le the evil Abanazar with the help of a magical genie and a flying carpet! Don’t miss out on the fantas cally funny panto fun – collect your tokens and make Christmas 2011 one to remember for the whole family! To take advantage of our fantas c TWO FOR ONE cket off er you will need to collect three di ff erently numbered tokens. Tokens will be printed daily in The Sen nel un l Saturday 8 October. 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BY ALEX CAMPBELL A GOVERNMENT cash incent- award will be given to a member who competed the Nijmegen march, whichcovers 100 miles in four days in the Netherlands. The eventtakes placeat theTA Centre,Liv- erpool Road, Cross Heath, on November 11, from 7.30pm. Tickets cost £3.50 which includes a buffet. For details, call Glyn Bennett on 01782 636751. BACKING: Lord Mayor Terry Follows. Do you think council tax should be frozen? Email us at [email protected] SEN-eO1-S2 [P] 06.10.11 Ref:CA
Transcript of taxtoberejectedalwaysright
16 THE SENTINEL Thursday October 6, 2011 SEN-eO1-S2 [P]NEWS
Extra chanceto start collegeYOUNG people are beinggiven an extra chance to signup for further education andtraining courses this term.
Stoke-on-Trent College willbe launching a new round ofcourses on Monday and stillhas limited places available.
They cover a range of topicsas well as skills related todifferent trades.
The aim is to help peoplewho missed out on signing upfor programmes last monthand who have yet to decide ontheir next steps after leavings ch o o l .
Courses range from gasfitting through to youth workp r a c t i c e.
The college is also offeringstudy opportunities for peopleinterested in becomingholiday or resort reps, or whoare keen on careers as airlinecabin crew.
College principal SarahRobinson said: “We know thatmany young people who leftschool in early summer willstill not have planned theirpaths through to futurec a re e r s.
“Making the right choicescan be tough.
“We are offering Octoberstarts to give those who mayhave chosen an option whichthey are unsure about, or havesimply left the decision to thelast minute, a way forward.”
For more information, ringStoke-on-Trent College on01782 208208.
RIGHTCHOICES:Stoke-on-TrentCollegeprincipalSarahRobinson.
Support for bigcoffee morningto raise fundsLORD Mayor Terry Follows isbacking a nationwide bigcoffee morning to help raisefunds for cancer support.
Stoke-on-T rent’s first citizenwill team up with Sainsbury’sand Macmillan CancerSupport to promote theirevent and raise money forsupport services for peoplesuffering with the disease.
Macmillan CancerSuppor t’s annual event wantspeople across the UK to holdcoffee mornings on aparticular day to raise fundsfor cancer support.
The World’s Biggest CoffeeMorning is Macmillan’sbiggest fundraising event.
Last year 43,000 peoplesigned up across the UK tohold a coffee morning, raisingmore than £8 million.
Mr Follows, said:“Macmillan is a charity whichis close to my heart and onewhich does so much good forso many people duringincredibly tough periods oftheir lives.
“I wanted to offer mysupport to this event andhopefully we can raise asubstantial amount of moneyin the continued fight againstthis awful disease.”
The coffee morning willtake place between 10.30amand 11.30am tomorrow atS a i n s bu r y ’s in London Road,S t o ke.
Donations can be made onar rival.
BACKING:Lord MayorTerryFollows.
Former cadets invited to reunionFORMER members of a youth organisation havebeen invited to a reunion to celebrate its 70tha n n ive r s a r y.
The 435 Newcastle Squadron of the Air Train-ing Corps is holding the reunion at the sametime as its annual prize-giving ceremony.
Cadets will receive presentations for theirachievements throughout the year and a special
award will be given to a member who competedthe Nijmegen march, which covers 100 miles infour days in the Netherlands.
The event takes place at the TA Centre, Liv-erpool Road, Cross Heath, on November 11, from7.30pm.
Tickets cost £3.50 which includes a buffet. Fordetails, call Glyn Bennett on 01782 636751.
Council tax to rise ifincentive is rejected
Authority fears it can’t afford postponing increase
BY ALEX [email protected]
A GOVERNMENT cash incent-
ive to freeze council tax acrossEngland could be rejected byStoke-on-Trent City Council.
Most councils are expected
not to increase tax next year, inline with plans outlined at theConservative party conferencein Manchester on Monday.
But Labour-controlled Stoke-on-Trent City Council has con-firmed it will consider reject-ing a tax freeze because of thelong-term cost implications.
If the council agrees to freezerates, which it did last year, theGovernment will provide agrant of about £2 million tocover the cost.
It would be equivalent to anincrease of about 2.5 per cent.
But because the grantwould not increase thecouncil tax base from whichfuture annualincreases aremade, the councilwould fall behindthe expected levelof tax income.
It would eitherlead to huge tax hikes in futureyears or – more likely – thecouncil would simply beunable to ever recoup the fund-ing.
Councillor Paul Shotton, theauthority’s deputy leader, saidthe council will be left up to £8million out of pocket if thefreeze incentives continueuntil the end of the compre-hensive spending review in2014/15.
He said: “Every time youdefer an increase in the rates ithas a knock-on impact.
“It is made worse because thecity has an extremely low tax
base. We’re one of the cheapestin the UK for council tax.
“No political decision hasbeen made but we will discusswhat our best option is.”
Peter Bates, the council’sassistant director of financialservices, said: “There is reasonto be nervous because it is inev-itable that at some point thegrant will fall away and thecouncil could be in difficultieswhen it does.
“We are at a huge disadvant-age because our tax base is soheavily skewed in the wrong
d i re c t i o n .“We ’ve got the lowestcouncil tax by far inStaf fordshire.”
Christine Platt,chairman of Blur-ton Residents’
Association, said: “Itis such a low income
area, I don’t see howanyone can afford to pay
a council tax increase.“There has been such a big
rise in the cost of gas, elec-tricity and even prices at thesuper market.”
Tory-run StaffordshireCounty Council became thefirst in the country to confirma council tax freeze for 2012-13on Monday.
It also pledged to freeze taxbills for 2013-14, regardless ofGovernment incentives.
Do you think council taxshould be frozen? Email us [email protected]
AT PLAY: Children wore blindfolds andplayed games with a ringing football aspart of a lesson on disabled sport.The event at St Mary’s Catholic PrimarySchool, in Newcastle, was part of anational drive to promote disabled sports
ahead of the Paralympic Games next year.Acting headteacher Julia Ellerton said:“It’s really important for the children totry out these different kinds of sportsahead of the Paralympics.“It shows them how people with these
problems overcome them to play sports.”Children at the school will get a chanceto try out a range of disabled sports overthe coming months. Sainsbury’s hasfunded the equipment as part of achallenge to get one million children
involved in disabled sports before London2012. Pictured, from left, are JamesPeacock, Sharon Fieldhouse, fromSainsbury’s, Matthew Oxley, Tilli Smith,Nathan Heath and Robyn O‘Leary.
Picture: Steve Bould
ThisyearTheRegentTheatre ismakingallyourpantowishescometruewiththespectacularpantomimeAladdin.Butyouwon’tneedagenietoget2tickets forthepriceof1,asourannualpantomimepromotion isbackbypopulardemand!
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