Budgets are to be slashed by almost £60 million by Shropshire Council over the next three years, it was announced today.
Shirehall chiefs said it would lead to a radical change in the way services would be delivered with a strong possibility some could be offloaded to the voluntary and community sectors, as well as businesses.Bosses say job losses are inevitable as the council grapples with a severe squeeze on spending from Government, coupled with a freeze on council tax rises.
But with a recruitment freeze in place, they said that they hoped to manage losses through “natural wastage” rather than redundancies.
The unprecedented scale of the financial challenges facing the authority will be highlighted in three reports to its cabinet next week.
At the same time an investigation into a Shropshire councillor accused of being racist has cost the taxpayer more than £4,000, it was revealed today.
The inquiry into Councillor Pat Smart, chairman of Hadley and Leegomery Parish Council in Telford, has seen more than £3,000 paid to a lawyer who was drafted in from London, with the rest being spent on the authority’s own in-house lawyer’s time.
Councillor Pat Smart
Councillor Smart was accused of making racist remarks to a parishioner last March and was investigated by police and the Standards Committee at Telford & Wrekin Council. She was later cleared of all allegations.
Councillor Smart is one of those old fashioned, no-nonsense tories who I often find myself agreeing with. Many of her her letterS to the Shropshire Star are spot on.
ReplyDeleteHowever, she must realise that the tory party are just as responsible as Liebour for the 'race industry' that she, herself has recently fallen victim to.
Councillor Smart - When are you going to realise that the real Conservative Party is now stone cold dead? Cameron's ConDems are just as as bad as New Liebour.
The only party that stands up for Britain and British tradition is the BNP.
In my opinion the Coalition Govt is not as bad as Communist Labour, there are many in the Conservatives who are good Nationalists albeit from a different perspective and we would do well to nurture them on a hearts and minds basis.
ReplyDeleteCommunist labour ran all three terms in office on the 'principles' of the Frankfurt School which was designed to destroy western democracy, Common Purpose uses all of the ten points of the Frankfurt School throughout the European Union of 'Socialist Republics.
The ten points of the Frankfurt School are ;
ReplyDelete1/ the creation of racism offences.
2/Continual change to create confusion.
3/The teaching of homosexuality to children.
4/The undermining of schools and teachers authority.
5/ Huge immigration to destroy identity.
6/The promotion of excessive drinking.
7/ The emptying of the churches.
8/An unreliable legal system with bias against victims.
9/ Dependancy on State benefits.
10/ Encouraging the breakdown of the family.
All of these measures have been implemented and are ongoing.
1/ Creation of racism offences.
ReplyDelete2/ Continual change to create confusion.
3/ The teaching of homosexuality to children.
4/The undermining of schools and teacher's authority.
5/Huge immigration to destroy identity.
6/ The promotion of heavy drinking.
7/The emptying of churches.
8/ An unreliable legal system with bias against victims.
9/Dependency on state benefits.
10/ Breakdown of the family.
All of these are the tenets of the Frankfurt school which have been implemented.
You've got to hand it to the commies, they've managed to reach many of their goals.
ReplyDeleteTheir 'long march through the institutions' has certainly paid off for them.
It's going to be a long war - but we're going to win!