Yesterday Shropshire Council announced that they were restarting car park charges for the 1st of June. Restarting car park charges too soon is crackers. Shops won’t be opening until the… Read More »Restarting Car Park Charges too soon
I issued a Press Release ahead of the Public Accounts Committee inquiry into local councils buying commercial property that starts on Monday. The Shropshire Star has used some of it… Read More »Public Accounts Committee Press Release
Household Recycling Centres reopened from today for essential use only. This is welcome news as reports of increased fly-tipping have been in circulation. Researchers from the universities of Southampton and… Read More »Household Recycling Centres reopen
We are now well into the second month of lockdown. Easing Coronavirus restrictions is increasingly being called for. However, this must be done carefully and at the appropriate point. Easing… Read More »Coronavirus update 2
It is welcome news that a parliamentary watchdog is to examine Shropshire Council’s £52m shopping centre purchase. This is part of a wider look at local council involvement in purchasing… Read More »£52m shopping centre purchase inquiry
15 years ago I was campaigning to get Broadband into Bridgnorth. I was concerned then about slow speeds were putting us at an economic disadvantage compared to other areas locally… Read More »Shropshire in the Broadband slow lane
Let me tell you a tale of two signs. Two ordinary road signs. One thing that always bugs me is inconsistency. As a colleague once said the hardest thing about… Read More »A tale of two signs
The Coronavirus scourge that is rampaging across the globe is now causing increasing disruption across the UK, as normal life is increasingly suspended, including politics. Venues are closed. Meetings are… Read More »Coronavirus update
In what seems like an age away now, Shropshire was swamped by floodwater. The latest flooding crisis to hit the county, last February, was only a few short weeks ago.… Read More »Time for REAL action on floods & SuDS
Over recent weeks and months, the pothole plague has been spreading with a vengeance. More people than ever are complaining about the state of the roads. More people are making… Read More »Potty Council pothole crisis
