Prudential Borrowing is Out of Control in Telford and Wrekin We judge organisations by their track record. When they do well, we want to support them and feel like we’re getting value for money. It’s why administrations always promote their ‘achievements’ to their voters. When their track record starts going from bad to worse, alarm […]
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Labour lies over £117m cuts
The Labour Administration in Telford and Wrekin constantly push out lies about the real state of our Council’s budget, it is out and out Austerity Scaremongering. The truth is quite different from the propaganda messages they push out. Even in the electoral material going out in Newport they continue to pedal the same misinformation. Over […]
Read MoreMuxton Parish Council
Our campaign for a separate Parish Council for Muxton has been moving forward albeit not as a rapidly as myself and Cllr Nigel Dugmore would have wished. We collected signatures from the summer last year on-wards and a very big thanks for all those residents of Muxton who kindly signed up to our petition. I […]
Read MoreBuy British Please Telford and Wrekin Council
Now that we are getting closer to leaving the EU which at the time of writing this will be next month! We can start to think about promoting British products again, the last time the Conservatives ran Telford and Wrekin Council I had the priviledge to be the Cabinet member for Resources (finance) and one […]
Read MoreMuxton’s Outdoor Gym
The Muxton Outdoor Gym is a great highlight from mine and Cllr Nigel Dugmore term in office, this was funded by a S106 agreement (money from developers) from the C2/C3 development, which at the time was one of the most disliked and resisted developments in the history of Telford and Wrekin Council, but some good […]
Read MoreCllr Peter Scott Telford and Wrekin Independent Councillor Voting Record
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 […]
Read MoreCllr Bill Tomlinson Telford and Wrekin Voting Record
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 […]
Read MoreRising Debt levels at Telford and Wrekin Council
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 […]
Read MoreTelford and Wrekin Liberal Democrats voting records on T&W Council
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 […]
Read MoreParking charges in Telford
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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