We will protect the vital frontline services which we all depend on – in   health, education and police numbers – while we bring borrowing down to meet our commitments on halving the deficit. That means that, unlike the Tories, we can guarantee extra maths and English tuition for all 7 to 11 year olds who fall behind, [Continue]

Shrewsbury receives £1.7 million Kickstart funding boost for 50 new homes in Ditherington John Healey MP, Labour’s Minister of State for Housing, today announced that Shrewsbury will receive £1,792,500 of government funding to Kickstart stalled construction sites. Kickstart provides funding to restart mothballed building projects. John [Continue]

Tory Peter Nutting asks why Shropshire Council’s schools funding from the Government is towards the bottom of range. The reason is that the Tory controlled County Council totally failed to grasp the nettle of the surplus places in Shropshire. The facts are we have many empty desks in schools across the county, urban and rural. [Continue]