Cllr Duncan Kerr

Promoted by Duncan Kerr Shropshire and Oswestry Green Councillor c/o Boderwig, Park Ave Oswestry for the Green Party.

[Cllr Duncan Kerr @DuncanKer]

Fortunately my motion to save Oswestry Post Office was unanimously approved. Let's hope the Government takes note.

[Paul Rogers @PaulRogers_LDR]

The final item in the public session is to hear motions from councillors. The first is from Cllr Kerr for the council to express its opposition to any closure to Oswestry Post Office. The second is from Cllr Boddington is for the council to support the county's farmers.

[Adrian Ramsay MP @AdrianRamsay]

A lot could be said about today’s 'new milestones'. But there has been little focus on one major omission: the UK has no credible plan for how we will cope with extreme changes in the climate.

That’s why I’m calling for an extra mission: a National Adaptation Plan

A short 🧵

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

.@TheGreenParty is the only political party advocating #PublicOwnership of #Water.
It is irresponsible to leave such a vital resource vulnerable to market forces.
@WindrushWasp

[Cllr Duncan Kerr @DuncanKer]

@PaulRogers_LDR @MikeSheridanLDR Hi Paul and welcome to Shropshire...

[Carla Denyer @carla_denyer]

🚌 It is deeply worrying that the Labour Government might ditch the bus fare cap in the Budget - here's why...
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[Cllr Duncan Kerr @DuncanKer]

The lovely Oswestry 10k with the dapper Mayor Mike Isherwood at the finish line. Thanks to Alan Lewis and his great team of volunteers.
#oswestry10k
#adrenalinesportingevents

[Cllr Duncan Kerr @DuncanKer]

@MikeSheridanLDR You will be missed Mike, good working with you...

[Cllr Duncan Kerr @DuncanKer]

Says it all really: Green Party Councillors supported by Conservatives, respond to the winter fuel emergency by getting help to those who need it most whilst Lib Dem Councillors dither. https://t.co/79PgsAU0Au

[Mike Sheridan @MSheridan_Star]

... "The members have been very grateful for the help they have received and the welcome they have had in our town at a time of huge need," the letter adds. Lovely.

[Mike Sheridan @MSheridan_Star]

Quite a nice story here. £3,000 of a £10k grant to the Ukrainian Refugee Support Hub Committee has been returned unspent as many refugees are now "almost entirely settled in their own homes," a letter from the support hub says...

[Cllr Duncan Kerr @DuncanKer]

The results are in...13 years of Tory rule in Government and Shropshire results in nearly every Dept forecasting an overspend and the Council likely to end its term with just £1.5m in reserves. What a legacy.

[RedLaser4000 @RedLaser4000]

@RoadToRuinShrop @HelenMorganMP this is also nicer without tarmac blasted across it.

[Cllr Duncan Kerr @DuncanKer]

Given the levels of excess winter deaths and elderly people in fuel poverty in Shropshire a rethink on this spiteful policy is essential.

[Oswestry Advertizer @advertizer]

Shropshire Council will call on chancellor Rachel Reeves to rethink planned cuts to winter fuel payments to pensioners, as councillors locked horns over government policy
https://t.co/u0ACz4G5Fj

[Cllr Duncan Kerr @DuncanKer]

How to turn a difficult decision into a disastrous one by acting too hastily, not considering the environmental implications and not publishing an equality impact assessment. Shropshire deserves a lot better than this.

[Shropshire Star @ShropshireStar]

A council will not be reducing the cost of paying for garden waste bins to be emptied - or halting plans for residents to have to book to use recycling centres. https://t.co/osZr3BSI2W

[Mike Sheridan @MSheridan_Star]

Cllr Julian Dean calls the motion "grandstanding" and adds "you can smell the hypocrisy from the top of the county to the bottom", pointing out that the Con/Lib coalition govt first introduced changes to the winter fuel allowance in 2010.

[Mike Sheridan @MSheridan_Star]

Variety of comments from opposition members on this as you might expect. Lib Dem Cllr Rob Wilson(Copthorne) says charges scheme is "rushed and not properly thought through" while Duncan Kerr (Green/Oswestry South) agrees, warns members: "act at haste and repent at leisure".