Council Cuts: Housing waiting list to close except for priority cases
andybodders As part of the package of £62 million cuts agreed by Shropshire Council, the waiting list for social and council housing is to be closed except for those most in…
Council Cuts: Chester University to leave Shropshire after councils officers tell it to leave Guildhall
What have the Conservatives done for Shropshire? Not much, I would have said, but at least they brought a university to our county. Now even that is not true. The…
Council Cuts: 300 jobs to go between April and March
Shropshire Council has a huge range of responsibilities and services. Many, such as education, planning and social care are statutory. Others are discretionary. Pest control has already been abolished at…
Conservative councillors approve another £17m for £50m a mile North West Relief Road
At the last council meeting, Shropshire Council’s portfolio holder for transport, Dan Morris, refused to give an estimate of the cost of the four-mile North West Relief Road in Shrewsbury…
Councillors and Chris Naylor call for South Shropshire residents to help save Craven Arms recycling centre
Since the news broke a week ago that the Craven Arms Household Recycling Centre is on a short, very short, list for closure, residents have been making their views known…