David Cameron was today assessing the damage to his premiership after 79 Tory MPs – including Shropshire’s Mark Pritchard – defied him.

Britain’s politicians will today make an historic decision. They’ll rule on whether we, the public, have a right to decide to remain in the EU – or they’ll tell us they’re perfectly capable of making that decision themselves.

DAVID CAMERON was today facing the biggest backbench revolt of his 18-month premiership over Britain’s relationship with Europe – amid warnings it was vital to Telford’s economic future.

Shropshire MP Mark Pritchard showed off his dribbling skills in a friendly football match in a blonde wig after football bosses tried to stop a fellow Tory playing in an annual fixture against journalists, because she is a woman.

Letter: Mark Pritchard, MP for Wrekin and secretary of the Tories’ powerful 1922 Committee certainly told the truth on September 20.

Three of Shropshire’s five parliamentary constituencies will change under new plans which have been drawn up by the Boundary Commission for England, it was revealed today.

Shropshire’s five MPs today gave a lukewarm response to plans to change Parliamentary constituencies.

MPs across Shropshire submitted their lowest ever claims for expenses in April and May this year, according to figures released today. The six regional MPs claimed £2,060.95 – or £33.79 per day.

Almost all Shropshire MPs could find themselves fighting radically revised constituencies during the next general election, it has been claimed.

A dog centre said to be the most eco-friendly in the world opened its doors for the first time today following a £5 million-plus transformation.

MPs across Shropshire cost the taxpayer £533,205 in the last year.

The row over Shropshire’s Mark Pritchard’s claims that Downing Street tried to bully him into dropping a fight to ban circus animals continued today after a fellow Conservative said he deserved to be given a “good hiding”.

SHROPSHIRE MP Mark Pritchard today claimed that Prime Minister David Cameron offered him a job in a bid to get him to abandon a debate over banning wild animals in circuses.

Downing Street has signalled it will bow to pressure over MPs’ demands for a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.

The Government was today due to be confronted with a cross-party alliance calling for a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses, as a group of celebrities penned an open letter to the Prime Minister over the issue.

Shropshire could retain all five of its MPs in the biggest review of constituency boundaries in electoral history, it has been suggested.

MPs’ expenses for the first two months of this year, including the amount they racked up on their taxpayer-funded credit cards, were being laid bare for the first time today.

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government is working, will last and survive its full five-year lifetime, Shropshire’s Tory MPs declared today on its one-year anniversary.

Labour heavyweight Lord Mandelson today accused Prime Minister David Cameron of turning the referendum battle on the voting system into a bitter Coalition row – as Shropshire Conservative MP Mark Pritchard told Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg to stop “whingeing” about campaign tactics.

Shropshire and Mid Wales MPs claimed a total of £18,554.29 in expenses during November and December 2010, while more than £3 million was paid out nationally figures revealed today.

Letter: D McDermott, Shropshire Star, February 24, complains that his MP Mark Pritchard voted for the Government when the issue of selling our forests was debated.

Shropshire and Mid Wales MPs claimed a total of £23,343 in expenses during September and October 2010, figures revealed today.

Shropshire and Mid Wales MPs claimed a total of £23,343 in expenses during September and October 2010, new figures revealed today.

Shropshire MP Mark Pritchard was at the centre of a growing storm today over alleged secret moves by senior Conservatives to forge a long-term alliance with the Liberal Democrats.

Immigrants who overstay and abuse their visas should be barred from entering Britain for at least 20 years, a Shropshire MP has said.

RAF Cosford was today saved from a massive jobs blow after the Government announced it was scrapping plans to move defence training to South Wales instead.

Blog: I’ve been hanging around the circus quite a lot lately, writes Ben Bentley. It’s a long story and one that has mainly involved wearing make-up and comedy shoes, but we won’t go into that.

A Shropshire MP today said the cost of politics should be reduced – as long as the county’s residents do not lose “proper and adequate” representation in Parliament.

MPs from Shropshire and Mid-Wales claimed more than £110,000 in expenses during the last six months of 2009, according to new figures published  by Parliament.

MPS CLAIMED more than £10 million in expenses in the final six months of 2009, it was revealed today.