Council Cuts: Shropshire Council to close Shirehall and sell it to raise money
andybodders There has long been a split in Shropshire Council between councillors who want to keep Shirehall and this that want to demolish it and move to the town centre. Last…
Council Cuts: Housing waiting list to close except for priority cases
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…