Shropshire Council cuts plan moves forward
Plans to meet an £80 million budget shortfall through major cuts and a radical redesign of services at Shropshire Council were being put to the authority's cabinet today.
Leading councillors are due to approve the authority's financial strategy for the next three years. It will then go to full council later this month to be finalised.
The meeting at Shirehall this afternoon will also discuss plans for the potential development of a new university in Shropshire, which could be in position to accept undergraduates from September next year.
A council tax freeze for 2014/15 is also due to be agreed at the meeting.
Speaking ahead of the meeting, council leader Keith Barrow said: "In our manifesto last May we set out our commitment to fundamentally changing the way the council works. We outlined the need to think and work differently to respond to the financial challenges facing us and all public services.
"The draft business plan and financial strategy is the development of this approach to reinventing how we work across the council – to make the most of the money available, focusing on our customers.
"We have to do everything we can to minimise the impact of spending cuts, which includes supporting our communities by freezing council tax again."
