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BBC News
05-07-2025
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Urgent action urged over Shropshire Council's finances
Urgent management intervention is needed to "secure corrections" to help Shropshire Council's "unacceptable" finances, a senior officer has director James Walton predicted an overspend of £13.174m for the end of Walton added that the current savings projection for this financial year, including savings brought forward from the previous year, is £31.438m - about 53% of the total amount to be delivered. The report has gone to the council's cabinet ahead of its meeting on Wednesday and members are warned that, if no more action is taken, the council's unearmarked reserves would be only £600,000. But Mr Walton said the central budget forecast has improved slightly."This change is partly due to better information providing a more robust, if still exceptionally early, view of the financial position, particularly around potential savings delivery," he executive director said the predicted overspend limited the council's ability to cope with unforeseen financial stated: "This is not acceptable or sustainable and requires urgent management intervention in all portfolio areas to secure corrections."Mr Walton said, while it was inevitable not all savings could be delivered exactly to the value planned, there were several areas "where further work to improve the forecast can be progressed".The cabinet was recommended to formally acknowledge that the current information indicated the need for urgent action. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
31-05-2025
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- BBC News
Rotherham: New clean-up crew will target fly-tipping and litter
Rotherham Council is doubling its clean-up team, with new jobs created to tackle fly-tipping and follows a £307,000 investment in its 2025-26 budget aimed at making the South Yorkshire borough number of staff dedicated to maintaining rural verges and main roads will rise from four to eight.A report set to go before the council's cabinet on 9 June says the additional staff will allow for more regular litter-removal, better identification of fly-tipping hotspots, and increased intelligence-sharing with enforcement officers. There will also be two new performance management officers, to track the service and develop long-term litter-busting roles are expected to begin in July or August, with the cost of new vehicles, uniforms and equipment all factored into the budget, according to the Local Democracy Reporting had 5,689 fly-tipping incidents in 2022, with 2,070 classed as large or multiple are 326 roadside verges in the borough which are currently cleared of litter and cut once a year, between May and October. However "as a result of the investment, the capacity in this area will be doubled," the report concludes.A progress update will be presented to the council's cabinet in April 2026. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
