Shropshire Council finance chief Laura Rowley quits

Shropshire Council finance chief Laura Rowley has quit her £125,000-a-year job amid a massive shake-up of Shirehall senior management. Shropshire Council finance chief Laura Rowley has quit her £125,000-a-year job amid a massive shake-up of Shirehall senior management. She officially leaves the authority next Friday. Mrs Rowley was unavailable for comment today but is understood to have been unhappy at plans for big cuts among the council's 96 senior managers as it tries to find savings of nearly £60 million in three years. She has been a popular director of resources, both with staff and councillors, and is highly respected in local government circles at a national level. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star