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

Liam Fox has resigned as Defence Secretary over his links with his close friend, lobbyist Adam Werritty.

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.

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

A Government minister has told MPs he will do all he can to help resolve controversial proposals which could see new power lines built in Shropshire and Mid Wales.

A decision on plans which could see hundreds of pylons being built across Shropshire and Mid Wales will not be made until at least 2015, it has been claimed.

A black eye sported by Shropshire MP Owen Paterson was a keen topic of conversation as he greeted Princess Alexandra on her visit to the county today.

A delegation from Shropshire was today meeting National Grid bosses over plans which could see pylons built across parts of the county and Mid Wales.

MPs in Shropshire and Mid Wales are to have a showdown meeting to grill National Grid chiefs over controversial plans which could see huge pylons built near rural villages.

Shropshire’s tourist economy would be badly affected if huge pylons were allowed to be put up to carry a new power line across the countryside, campaigners have warned.

North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson is saddling up for one of his biggest challenges yet – the world’s toughest race in which he will ride horses 1,000km across the gruelling wilderness of the Mongolian steppe.

Shropshire’s MPs are to hold top level talks in Westminster over controversial plans which could see huge electricity pylons built in the county.

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.

A Shropshire MP is to present a fresh bid for fairer funding for county schools to Education Secretary Michael Gove.

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.

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.

A Shropshire MP today said it was “crucial” front-line police officers were protected as new figures showed there are nearly 150 fewer officers in the West Mercia area than a year ago.

As Shropshire’s highest profile MP, Owen Paterson is being pulled three ways as one of the Government’s most travelled politicians.

The vital agriculture and food sector in Shropshire can prosper in 2011 – because it has an ally in the coalition government, a county MP claimed today.

Shropshire MP Owen Paterson has insisted he will continue to wear his wristband supporting the Royal Irish Regiment despite a run-in with Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.

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.

The official inquiry into the murder of Loyalist terrorist Billy Wright in the Maze Prison found that there was no “state collusion” in his killing, Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said today.

North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson warned today safety campaigners would have to be “realistic” on how quickly money can be found for improvements to the A5 road.

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.