Shropshire Council’s April Fools Day joke
andybodders I was tied up with meetings and business yesterday and only spotted Shropshire Council’s April Fools Day joke late in the day. The council celebrated its tenth birthday and no…
Shropshire Council’s almost exclusively male cabinet needs an equalities champion to close the council’s gender pay gap
Council leader Peter Nutting reshuffled his cabinet last week. There is only one woman among 16 portfolio holders and deputy portfolio holders. It is hardly a surprise then that data…
Ludlow town bus service to be cut back as Shropshire Council abandons sustainable transport
On Tuesday, Shropshire Council announced a consultation on huge cuts in bus services. For Ludlow, the headline is that the 701 town bus serving the east side of town will…
Parliament to debate banning netting of hedgerows after petition hits 100K signatures
All eyes have been on the Revoke Article 50 petition, which will comfortably pass 5 million signatures. Another petition I have been supporting aims to ban developers from netting hedges.…
Disappointing meeting on Ludlow infrastructure ignores health question
I have been to some odd meetings in my time but this was one of the oddest. Last night, unitary, town and parish councillors met with a phalanx of Shropshire…