Buttercross in Wonderland 800“It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change,” said Alice in Wonderland.

The funding for the Buttercross heritage centre has finally been approved, but Ludlow Town Council has only to November to complete the project. This is despite Shropshire Council earlier saying work in the Grade I listed building could extend to until the end of March 2015.

Shropshire Council’s leader Keith Barrow has said many times that the council must become more business-like. No business would tolerate this dilly-dallying around and confusion over a small contract like this. Shropshire Council is now setting a deadline that will be really hard to meet because of the delays its own tortured bureaucracy has created.

Discover more from

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading