Council helps create more school places in the borough

Following Telford & Wrekin Council’s recommendation to the Regional Schools Commission (RSC), a new primary school in Allscott is due to open in 2023, operated by the Learning Community Trust (LCT). The new village school at Alllscott Meads is being built by SJ Roberts Construction Ltd in close partnership with Telford and Wrekin Council with […]

£500,000 investment sees footpath facelift for Brookside

People in Brookside have benefited from a £500,000 investment which has seen local footpaths improved as part of Telford & Wrekin Council’s Pride in our Community programme. The scheme has seen over 17 miles, across 166 separate footpaths resurfaced over a period of six months. Not only does this make for a clean, tidy, super […]

Council leaders call for long term solution to flooding along River Severn

Telford & Wrekin Council and Shropshire Council are urging the Secretary of State for the Environment George Eustice for emergency funding to support the councils’ response to this month’s floods that have hit both areas. This follows a visit by the Secretary of State to Ironbridge and Shrewsbury following floods in February 2020, which he […]

Telford & Wrekin Council approves budget and council tax plans

Telford & Wrekin Council’s budget plans, which include freezing general council tax increases at 0% for the next two years, were given the green light at last night’s Full Council meeting. At the meeting, held at The Place Theatre in Oakengates last night (Thursday 3 March), members approved the Medium Term Financial Strategy which sets […]