Shrewsbury MP accuses Shropshire Council of crying 'crocodile tears' in row over funding
A Labour MP has slammed the leader of the county council for claims that the authority would have balanced its budget if the Government had retained previous funding.
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Julia Buckley, MP for Shrewsbury, said the the Conservative-run Shropshire Council needed to “shape up or ship out”.
The leader of Shropshire Council had previously accused the Government of “not liking rural counties".
Councillor Lezley Picton said that had the existing local government funding policies “been broadly retained” for a further year by the Labour government, then Shropshire Council would be facing a balanced budget position for 2025/26.
However, Julia Buckley said: “I was very surprised to see Shropshire Council leader Councillor Picton’s remarks in the Shropshire Star yesterday about the new Government and its relationship with Shropshire Council.
