Telford & Wrekin Conservative Councillor for Muxton Ward
Our public meeting on Wednesday 13th February was well attended, my colleague Cllr Phil Loughlin led the meeting and explained the benefits of designating Muxton Lane as a quiet lane (rather than a quite lane as officers seems to keep spelling it on their plans). This gives the road a little extra protection from a […]
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Cllr Peter Scott is currently our only Independent Councillor on Telford and Wrekin Council. He announces himself as a “True Independent” but I have noted that whilst a good communicator and seemingly a hard working ward members, his voting record appears to be very one sided. He represents an area of Newport Shropshire on T&W […]
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We’ve been having good feedback from residents on the Speed indicator signs that have been put up on Marshbrook Way, they do act as a deterrent. This was an initiative from Donnington and Muxton Parish Council on which I sit and represent Muxton along with Cllr Nigel Dugmore. Other highways measures are being considered for […]
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Cllr Bill Tomlinson is a great friendly guy, well respected and well liked around the Council and his own Ward of Shawbirch Telford, but talking with residents on the couple of occasions I have been out with the Conservative Candidate for Shawbirch Cllr Anthony Lowe, I’ve been asked how supportive, if at at all Bill […]
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Debt is a major concern of local residents and the current Labour Administration is borrowing heavily to invest, whilst investing is usually a positive thing, taking on excessive long term debt is not. This is an area we in the Conservative and Labour disagree strongly on. Debt at the end of the last Conservative Council […]
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The Telford and Wrekin Liberal Democrats currently hold three seats on the Council, Bill and Karen Tomlinson and Karen Blundell. These are all long serving and experienced Councillors and by all accounts work hard in their respective wards and have done so over their many years on the Council. Looking closely at the their voting […]
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Parking in Telford and Wrekin is a sensitive topic! Elsewhere around the country Councils and cities have all introduced parking charges as a way of generating income. It is a tax on driving but as demand to drive is high there is seemingly little resistance and an acceptance of having to pay to park. Telford […]
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Muxton for as long as I can remember or certainly as long as I have lived in Telford has had Newport schools as its catchment area, we are fortunate to have Adams Grammar school and Newport Girls high in our catchment so the children from Muxton with the best academic potential have a two great […]
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I’ve been campaigning and calling for more investment in the highway infrastructure of Telford and Wrekin since 2003, infact it is one of the things that annoyed me about Telford when I moved here in 1995 and triggered my standing as a Councillor back in 2003. The Labour administration back then did not have any […]
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I have been out and about again today in Shawbirch, Telford, Shropshire, whilst the Councillor for Muxton I have been lending a helping hand to candidates in other wards over these last weeks. Shawbirch is where I have been helping the most and it is where there is a siting Liberal Democrat councillor Bill Tomlinson, […]
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