Thank you
Thank you to everybody who voted yesterday and especially so to those who vote for me. I exceed my minimum expectations in an area not worked properly before and Read More …
Category: Whittington
Shropshire MLU marches & SaTH meeting
Last Saturday, 25th of March, LibDems joined hundreds of parents, children and concerned Shropshire residents to march against the threat to downgrade Shropshire’s Maternity Units. SaTH had previously produced a report Read More …
Traffic concerns worrying residents
After my last Focus, the feedback I received via text, survey, email or on the doorstep had a consistent theme… traffic, speeding, parking and the high number of HGVs. Park Read More …
Education march against Conservative cuts
This month I have been on two marches organised to defend local services from Conservatives cuts. Strangely, no Conservative MPs were present at the march. Conservative Councillors were in Read More …
Business Rates changes are a farce
The word is that the Conservatives are now contemplating backsliding on their Business Rates review in the face of a growing backlash. Conservatives introduced the changes to help rebalance Read More …
Broadband by the numbers
Many moons ago – 15 years ago to be exact – when I was a Councillor for Bridgnorth, I campaigned long and hard to get broadband to Bridgnorth. Eventually, Bridgnorth Read More …
Local Plan partial review
A couple of weeks ago Shropshire Council launched their review into the Local Plan (known as SamDev) and have launched a consultation. The review will identify how much housebuilding Read More …
Traffic figures show alarming jump
The latest available Road Traffic Accident data was released last October. The data for Whittington and West Felton Parishes broadly follows the trend shown in increasing traffic numbers across Read More …
LED Street lights must be rolled out
Last week Powys Council announced that they will be replacing their existing street lights with LED Street Lights. They will be spending £1.5 million to replace over 5,000 street lights. Staffordshire Read More …
Shropshire school budgets cut by £13.4m according to NUT
Last week the National Union of Teachers announced the estimated cuts to every School Budget by 2020. Based on current Government policies, the total estimated reduction across all schools in Read More …