Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow North
Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow North
In the last two weeks, Shropshire Council’s civil enforcement officers (traffic wardens to you and me) have been slapping penalty charge notices on everything that stops for a moment longer than permitted. That includes three buses and a funeral car.…
With the expectation of further cuts to services to keep within budget in 2025/26, Shropshire Council is consulting on some of the options for reducing costs. It asks not only whether people are happy with an increase of 4.99% (which…
Shropshire Councillors are concerned that Stuart Anderson, the new MP for South Shropshire, is trying to revive plans for a new community hospital on the outskirts of Ludlow. These plans were abandoned more than a decade ago as unaffordable. Whether…
The battle lines are drawn. Ludlow Town Council has procrastinated and delayed over repairs to the town wall behind St Laurence’s Church which collapsed in February 2013 for far too long. Despite agreeing to lead a partnership on the repairs…
In their annual report on Shropshire Council’s financial management, auditors Grant Thorton have condemned the management of the NWRR project, the costs for which have ballooned from £87 million to £188 million. Only £87.1 million is available for the scheme…