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£195 Million, No One Responsible: How Shropshire Council Learned to Forget

Yesterday, Shropshire Council finally said the number out loud. £195 million. A four-year funding gap so large it should have triggered resignations, emergency scrutiny, and a public explanation of who authorised what. Instead, residents were offered spreadsheets, inevitability, and silence. Still no meaningful mention of Cornovii Developments Ltd.Still no ownership.Still no accountability. Then came theContinue reading “£195 Million, No One Responsible: How Shropshire Council Learned to Forget”

Abolish Shropshire Council

It Didn’t Fail. It Worked — Just Not for You Shropshire Council was sold as progress in 2009 One council.One vision.One streamlined authority delivering better services for less money. What we got instead was something far more efficient: a system that concentrates power, disperses blame, and exports failure. Let’s stop pretending this is a glitchContinue reading “Abolish Shropshire Council”