Shropshire Council’s £8.5 million overspend last year is a result of “years of failure” to balance the books, the leader of the authority’s largest opposition group has said.
Councillor Roger Evans has delivered a scathing assessment of the council’s 2022/23 end of year financial report, which revealedthat general reserves had been depleted to just £7.1m – less than half the recommended minimum level.
“After 14 years of the Conservatives being in charge, the finances for Shropshire Council are in tatters.”Councillor Evans said: “There has been a consistent failure to make the savings they said they would make. Nearly one third of the savings were yet again not made. Councillor Evans said he had “grave concerns” over the 23/24 budget, which his group voted against when it was put to members earlier this year.
“We are now eight weeks into this financial year and yet still no details of how these savings are to be made have been published.”
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