Shropshire Council's planned cuts are amongst the worst in the country according to new research.
Analysis of the council's perilous financial position, which has been the subject of concern for some months, shows that the authority is planning to make the most savings of any council in England per person – £191 for each person.The data shows that out of the 131 authorities to respond Shropshire Council is making the most savings in the country as a proportion of its net revenue budget – with a total of £62m of cuts.
Although the figures make for stark reading, the severity of the situation facing the council's finances has been known for some time. She said:"Like many other councils across the UK, we are facing an urgent and unprecedented financial challenge. Demand for many of our services has risen, especially since the pandemic, and the cost of providing these services has also increased. Local authorities are large and complex organisations and in Shropshire a savings target of £62.5m represents a reduction in our planned revenue spending from £824m to £761m, a reduction of 7.5 per cent this year.
“We are introducing a new charge for garden waste collections and have reviewed all our services to decide what we must reduce, pause and stop altogether. Many of these plans are now well advanced and people in Shropshire will notice this more and more as we reduce and remove services, and those that we must provide we do so at a minimum level required. These are decisions we do not want to make but we now have no choice.
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