Shropshire Council looking at partnering with three other councils to secure more government funding

Shropshire Council is set to confirm what they have called a "groundbreaking" agreement with three other English and Welsh councils at its Cabinet meeting next week.

The proposed Marches Forward Partnership would see Shropshire Council work with Herefordshire Council, Monmouthshire County Council and Powys County Council.

The authorities would join forces to apply for funding from the Government on major projects that will benefit the Marches region, which covers 80 per cent of the English and Welsh borderland.

Each council would retain their own identity and independence and continue to deliver services to residents and businesses as they do now, but will work together, as partners, where there is mutual benefit and added value.