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Telford and Wrekin: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Telford & Wrekin Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, West Midlands. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000020.

Council website

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Telford and Wrekin for 2026–27: £1,694.19 of a £2,256.26 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 5 opened (5 academy converter), 5 closed (5 academy converter)

Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 May 2026
Short Wood Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 28 February 2026
St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
Tibberton Church of England Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
Woodlands Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 May 2026
Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 June 2026
Short Wood Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 March 2026
St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026
Tibberton Church of England Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026
Woodlands Primary School and Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 June 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Telford and Wrekin reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Telford and Wrekin: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£156.0 million
Highways and transport services	£7.2 million
Children's social care	£63.2 million
Adult social care	£106.4 million
Public health	£16.8 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£6.3 million
Cultural and related services	£9.3 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£25.4 million
Planning and development services	£3.0 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£23.9 million
Other services	−£12,000
Total service expenditure	£417.5 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Telford and Wrekin in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 195,952 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 39 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £21,346 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £606 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 33.0% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.7% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £226,893 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.4 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 55.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 56.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.5 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 87.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 136.8 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 6,205 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

54 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 38, Conservative and Unionist 8, Liberal Democrats 6, Independent / Other 2.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 54 councillors, by ward

Kim Tonks (Liberal Democrats) — Admaston & Bratton
Karen Blundell (Liberal Democrats) — Apley Castle
Angela McClements (Labour Party) — Arleston & College
Lee Carter (Labour Party) — Arleston & College
Arnold England (Labour Party) — Brookside
Andrew Eade (Conservative and Unionist) — Church Aston & Lilleshall
Andy Burford (Labour Party) — Dawley & Aqueduct
Lyndsey Parker (Labour Party) — Dawley & Aqueduct
Fiona Doran (Labour Party) — Donnington
Ollie Vickers (Labour Party) — Donnington
Stephen Burrell (Conservative and Unionist) — Edgmond
Giles Luter (Labour Party) — Ercall
Steve Bentley (Conservative and Unionist) — Ercall Magna
Amrik Jhawar (Labour Party) — Hadley & Leegomery
Eileen Callear (Labour Party) — Hadley & Leegomery
Julie Kaur (Labour Party) — Hadley & Leegomery
Graham Cook (Labour Party) — Haygate & Park
Paul Davis (Labour Party) — Haygate & Park
Ian Preece (Labour Party) — Horsehay & Lightmoor
Raj Mehta (Labour Party) — Horsehay & Lightmoor
Carolyn Healy (Labour Party) — Ironbridge Gorge
Ranbir Sahota (Labour Party) — Ketley
Erin Aston (Labour Party) — Lawley
Luke Lewis (Labour Party) — Lawley
Zona Hannington (Labour Party) — Lawley
Derek White (Labour Party) — Madeley & Sutton Hill
Janice Jones (Labour Party) — Madeley & Sutton Hill
Paul Watling (Labour Party) — Madeley & Sutton Hill
Elise Davies (Labour Party) — Malinslee & Dawley Bank
Shaun Davies (Labour Party) — Malinslee & Dawley Bank
Jenny Urey (Independent / Other) — Muxton
Nigel Dugmore (Conservative and Unionist) — Muxton
Sarah Syrda (Liberal Democrats) — Newport East
Tim Nelson (Conservative and Unionist) — Newport North
Thomas Janke (Liberal Democrats) — Newport South
Peter Scott (Independent / Other) — Newport West
Gilly Latham-Reynolds (Labour Party) — Oakengates & Ketley Bank
Hilda Rhodes (Labour Party) — Oakengates & Ketley Bank
Stephen Reynolds (Labour Party) — Oakengates & Ketley Bank
Mark Boylan (Labour Party) — Overdale & The Rock
Paul Thomas (Conservative and Unionist) — Priorslee
Rachael Tyrrell (Conservative and Unionist) — Priorslee
Bill Tomlinson (Liberal Democrats) — Shawbirch & Dothill
Karen Tomlinson (Liberal Democrats) — Shawbirch & Dothill
Richard Overton (Labour Party) — St Georges
Stephen Handley (Labour Party) — St Georges
Corrine Chikandamina (Labour Party) — The Nedge
Nathalie Page (Labour Party) — The Nedge
Nathan England (Labour Party) — The Nedge
Helena Morgan (Labour Party) — Woodside
Kelly Middleton (Labour Party) — Woodside
Gareth Thomas (Conservative and Unionist) — Wrockwardine
John Thompson (Labour Party) — Wrockwardine Wood & Trench
Shirley Reynolds (Labour Party) — Wrockwardine Wood & Trench

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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