Only weeks after an election in which the Conservative and City Independents talked of investing in our City, they’re now slashing and burning services.

Making staff redundant through secret plans is the hallmark of an administration out of ideas and out of compassion for the people they serve.

They should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves and start focussing their efforts on securing fairer funding from their friends in Westminster rather than taking jobs from hard-working public servants in Stoke-on-Trent.