Shropshire
A county council in the West Midlands of England.
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Shropshire Council is a unitary authority covering the largely rural West Midlands county of Shropshire. It received £121.0m of Exceptional Financial Support agreed in principle by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for 2026-27, one of 36 English councils to receive such support that year, up from 18 councils two years earlier. The support converts day-to-day running costs into debt repayable over as long as twenty years.
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