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Dec 23, 2020
Shropshire Council s bailiffs wrongly threatened to seize the belongings of more than 2,500 people days before Christmas.
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The authority s contracted bailiff company, Bristow and Sutor, has since been suspended while an investigation gets underway.
The leader of Shropshire Council, Peter Nutting, said it was beyond belief that the company could make the error during a pandemic and at Christmas.
Bristow and Sutor contacted 2,622 people throughout the county informing them a bailiff would come to their home to remove goods within seven days, in payment for unpaid council tax.
The company said it was instead meant to sent a letter advising them that the council had obtained a liability order to collect outstanding tax, which it did in November.
Dec 16, 2020
There will be no major cuts to a council s services in order to bring this year’s budget back in line, its leader has said.
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Shropshire Council s leader has said he is confident over the authority s financial position
Councillor Peter Nutting says he is confident Shropshire Council s projected overspend of £2.771 million this financial year will be under control by April, as has happened in previous years when even larger overspends were predicted.
He made the comments at a meeting of the authority s cabinet, in response to concerns raised by the opposition Liberal Democrat group that “drastic cuts” might need to be made.