Councils usually have tens of millions of pounds in a reserves pot to mitigate against external risks, such as inflation. Shropshire Council's overspend means all of its reserves have been spent. But ...

Shropshire Council is keeping one eye on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and what possible implications it could have ...

Council tax in the Shropshire Council area will rise by 9% from April. It will add £162 a year to bills for an average band D ...

Ellesmere Town Council is to ask unitary bosses what the current housing need is in the town, after considering a planning ...

Households in one of England's largest local authorities will have council tax increased by 9% from April – 4% above the ...

Shropshire Council has been awarded loans totalling more than £190m by the government. The exceptional financial support (EFS ...

Council tax bills for Shropshire Council residents may go up by about 9%, after the government gave permission to increase them by more than the 5% normally allowed. Seven English local authorities ...

A town council has said it will be ready to take on new responsibilities on 1 April. Shropshire Council has asked town and parish councils to take on some of the services it currently provides, such ...

Heather Kidd's administration is preparing to ask for a council tax increase of almost 9%.

Shropshire Council has warned that the county could face a serious inability to access national economic growth funding amid growing indications that future government investment programmes are ...

A council is using new technology to better understand how improvements to parks, green spaces, and public footpaths are ...

Seven councils have been granted permission for flexibility to raise council tax over the referendum limit. The Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government has given Shropshire Council, North ...