Archive for Month: February 2018

Councillors’ allowances, in other words the amount of money they receive, is a difficult topic. All councillors (or “Members”) receive a Basic Allowance of £11,514 a year, which recognises some of the time they have to spend on Council matters. In addition they are able to claim expenses for some mileage outside of their Division and other sundry…

After the recent severe weather Shropshire Council’s December snow clearance attracted some criticism – and Much Wenlock was no exception. Whilst the primary and secondary routes (the A and B roads and some others) were ploughed and gritted fairly early on in accordance with longstanding policy, some minor roads didn’t receive much or early attention. There…