THE GREAT SHROPSHIRE CIL SWINDLE (ALLEGEDLY, BUT YOU KNOW…) You’ve hopefully had a good chuckle during The Elephant in the Room series — the vanishing FOIs, the disappearing councillors, the council-owned companies that behave like Russian dolls with a drinking problem. But now, dear reader, the humour gives way to the hard questions. Because behindContinue reading “THE £37 MILLION CIL QUESTION”
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The Elephant Has Company: Cornovii and the House of Cards
Welcome to Shropshire, where the houses are public, the risks are private, and the only thing commercial is the branding. Let me introduce you to Cornovii Developments Ltd, Cornovii Investments Ltd, and STAR Housing — a trilogy of publicly owned entities with overlapping leadership, shared liabilities, and a striking ability to shuffle assets faster thanContinue reading “The Elephant Has Company: Cornovii and the House of Cards”
Shropshire Council’s Elephant in the Room
The beast arrives, sits on your wallet, and asks for a tip. Let’s talk about the animal nobody’s feeding but everyone’s funding.It’s grey, immovable — and financed on your credit card. The new pastime Shropshire has a new pastime: building houses with your land and your money, then calling it “commercial”. The developer has aContinue reading “Shropshire Council’s Elephant in the Room”
The Alternative Council 