Or: how Shropshire Council managed to bankrupt public confidence before it quite finished bankrupting itself There is a point in every public scandal where the official language collapses under the sheer weight of its own dishonesty. We are well past that point in Shropshire. The question is no longer whether councils are under pressure. TheyContinue reading “WHY?”
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🧵 Austerity & Alibis: Shropshire Council’s Five-Year Plan to Save Itself (From Itself)
Shropshire Council has published its Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) — a 100+ page saga of budget balancing, political tightrope-walking, and the kind of fiscal optimism normally reserved for national lottery winners. The headline? A projected £63 million black hole by 2029/30, held at bay in the short term by one-off grants, temporary patches, and whatContinue reading “🧵 Austerity & Alibis: Shropshire Council’s Five-Year Plan to Save Itself (From Itself)”