A full council meeting took place today. The biggest item on the agenda was the council’s financial strategy through to 2020. An attempt by Lib Dem councillors to deliver more support for schools, reduce the energy used by streetlights and provide more funds for traffic calming was rejected by the Conservative majority. I am sorry that […]
Category: Education
Shropshire and Ludlow are lagging on higher education – 200 young people a year miss out
I see in the Ludlow Advertiser Philip Dunne is welcoming the increase in young people applying to go university. He fails to mention that his own constituency is performing worse than much of England. Ludlow used to be ahead of the game but is now trailing behind. The data released by UCAS earlier this month […]
Ludlow Teme education centre proposed by Severn Rivers Trust – it looks a great idea
There’s a plan to build a new education centre on the Teme at Dinham. It’s really exciting. When I first heard of these plans, I wasn’t certain how this scheme would work. We don’t have much space available at Dinham and, instinctively, it is not a place to be putting up more buildings. After meeting […]
Ludlow library is to be reviewed – I think the right plan for its future is absolutely obvious
Very shortly, Shropshire Council will launch a review of the six hub libraries – Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Bridgnorth and Ludlow. I’ll write more about the review when I know more. But I do have a firm view on what the result of any review should be. We know we will have to work […]
Museums in Ludlow threatened as cut backs favour Shrewsbury
Ludlow has one of the finest heritage resource centres in the country. The Ludlow Museum Resource Centre is now under threat as Shropshire Council makes staff redundant and fails to put a plan in place for long term maintenance and access to the collections. The Museum Resource Centre has excellent historical and archaeological collections, and […]