Shropshire Council is facing criticism over its decision to spend £3 million on consultants to overhaul how it operates.
Shropshire Council has defended the move to bring in the consultants
Council leader Lezley Picton told cabinet colleagues at a meeting on Wednesday that the partner would help deliver the priorities set out in the ‘Shropshire Plan’, the overarching strategic plan for the council, which was adopted last year. “This, in my view, is investing to save. This is about getting the machinery in place that we need to take this council to the next level.
“In the short term it will prove invaluable, in the medium and long term it will put Shropshire Council on a stable financial footing going forward, and, I genuinely believe this, at the forefront and centre of local government delivery.”Liberal Democrat group leader Councillor Roger Evans compared the move to the council’s heavily criticised use of a £1,000-a-day highways adviser back in 2020 – dubbed the “pothole consultant”.
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