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- Staffordshire County Council is aiming to deliver more for residents and businesses, protect key frontline services and meet its legal duty to balance the books – all with one of the lowest county council taxes in England.
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- 14 January 2026
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- As the New Year begins, Staffordshire's countryside and environment team reflects on their major achievements throughout 2025, which has helped protect rare wildlife and care for some of the county's most special landscapes.
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- 13 January 2026
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- Staffordshire County Council's Cabinet Member for Strategic Highways Peter Mason's statement on Government Local Highway Maintenance scores.
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- 11 January 2026
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- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent's position as a leading location to invest and do business will again be showcased at a national investor event in May.
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- 9 January 2026
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- Staffordshire County Council's Trading Standards service have supported Staffordshire Police and Tamworth Borough Council who have secured a closure order on a second shop in Tamworth town centre.
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- 18 December 2025
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- Remote and hybrid workers can now benefit from new hot desk facilities in Burton, installed in response to growing demand for flexible workspaces across Staffordshire.
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- 17 December 2025
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- A long-term plan has been updated and approved to reflect Staffordshire's latest transport priorities and put community needs and choice first.
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- 17 December 2025
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- People, businesses and community organisations throughout Staffordshire are encouraged to spread the word that support is available to those struggling during the festive period.
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- 17 December 2025
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- Crime and thriller genres show no sign of going out of style as they continue to dominate Staffordshire Libraries' most borrowed books of 2025.
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- 16 December 2025
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- A major scheme to extend the cycleway through Burton town centre will begin next month, making it easier and safer for people to walk or cycle around the town.
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- 16 December 2025
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- Illegal vapes, dangerous counterfeit children's toys and thousands of pounds of illicit cigarettes are amongst the items seized by Trading Standards officers in Staffordshire this year.
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- 15 December 2025
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- A major upgrade to a main road junction in Lichfield to provide access to a new housing development has been completed.
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- 15 December 2025
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- Work to prepare a key development site as part of a major regeneration scheme in Stafford has begun.
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- 15 December 2025
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- Trading Standards officers at Staffordshire County Council have been working in partnership with Staffordshire Police and Tamworth Borough Council who have secured a closure order on Ezee Shop on Bolebridge Street in Tamworth.
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- 12 December 2025