Telford and Wrekin Council was founded in 1974 as The Wrekin District Council, and was a lower-tier district council until 1998. The district was renamed Telford and Wrekin in 1998 when the council became a unitary authority.
The End Child Poverty Coalition ranks the Shropshire local authority as the ninth most deprived area in the West Midlands.
It is among the top 30% most income-deprived local authorities in England, with 29 of the 108 neighbourhoods in Telford and Wrekin sitting among the 20% most deprived in England.
Financial challenges
Councillors in Telford and Wrekin approved £17.5mn worth of cuts to budgets for the 2024/25 financial year citing huge pressures from both adults and children’s social care services.
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