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Council leaders are ramping up pressure on the government to fund immediate flood prevention measures for communities across Shropshire, after the…

Shropshire Council to have first female leader as Tories vote for Lezley Picton

2 hours ago Shropshire Council will have its first female leader after Councillor Lezley Picton won the battle to take the authority s top job. Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up Tern Councillor Lezley Picton will become the first female leader of Shropshire Council Councillor Picton won the support of her Conservative colleagues at a meeting of the group on Monday afternoon – beating acting leader Steve Charmley. It means that after the formality of the full council meeting on Thursday, she will take over the leadership of the authority as it faces some of the biggest decisions since its creation in 2009.