Shropshire Council spent more than £1 million making staff redundant last year
Shropshire Council spent more than £1 million on staff redundancy settlements last year, new data shows.
New figures from the Department for Levelling Up and Communities show the council spent £1,102,000 to make 31 staff members redundant in the year to March 2023.
Each package had an average cost of £36,000 each.
Less redundancies were made in the year to March 2023 in comparison to the year before when a total of 51 redundancies were made at a cost of £1,318,000.
The Local Government Association said unlike the civil service, councils have seen their workforce shrink while facing "increasing demand for services".
