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Stoke mayor attacks own PR chief

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Monday, 01 September 2008

There’s a public relations crisis looming in Stoke, according to the Staffordshire Sentinel , which has got its hands on a leaked letter from elected mayor Mark Meredith.

It was sent to the council manager Steve Robinson and accuses communications’ chief Dan Barton of "sabotaging" Meredith’s efforts to run the city.

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It goes on to list 27 occasions when he or his department have allegedly "fallen below Mr Meredith’s expectations." That includes one example when apparently Meredith met a reporter and wasn’t aware that two primary schools were facing closure.

Barton, an ex-ITV head of news , has been backed by Robinson and several other councillors who’ve all distanced themselves from the unsigned letter.

Meredith himself has said it was a confidential letter, but he still had concerns.

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