An Oswestry town councillor has quit the Liberal Democrats after deciding “party politics simply doesn’t work".

A Lib Dem councillor has quit the party over plans to devolve power to town and parish councils. Shropshire Council has invited them to take over services such as road cleaning, street lighting and ...

Oswestry Liberal Democrat councillors last week backed a move that they say will provide a “services revolution” to ensure that the town’s playing fields, open spaces, green areas and play areas.

A proposal by Oswestry Liberal Democrat councillors to take over and dramatically improve the town’s green spaces has sparked a fierce political row over local control, standards of maintenance, and ...