Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow North
Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow North
Times are tough. There are more funding cuts to come. But Shropshire Council’s assumptions the worst will happen are not justified. They will damage the council’s role as a civic leader and its ability to act for the public good.…
Shropshire Council’s private company ip&e featured on Sunday Politics this morning. The company was set up three years ago as a way of cutting costs and making money for the council. Since then, it has been dogged by controversy over…
Shropshire Council is busy transferring many of its staff and services to its wholly owned company, ip&e. This company still must respond to freedom of information requests, in almost the same way that Shropshire Council does even if those requests…
There are two arguments that Keith Barrow, leader of Shropshire Council puts forward to justify transferring ever more public services to ip&e, the council’s private company. The first is that it will cut costs to the council. The second is…
Update: 26 June 2015 My formal response to Shropshire Council. Main article: 25 May 2015 Nothing can be more exciting than recording a birth, though finding time to do it can be hard. Nothing can be more painful that registering…