Council responds to 'rumours' about demise of street cleaning in Shropshire town
A council has flatly denied claims by a councillor that it has cut back on street cleaning in the county.
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Ludlow South councillor Vivienne Parry has challenged Shropshire Council to "come clean" about the street cleaning regime in Ludlow after hearing "widespread complaints from residents".
Councillor Parry said: "Ludlow is one of the jewels of Shropshire. People come from far and wide to visit our town.
"Yet the standard of street cleaning and litter collection has declined alarmingly."
She added that councillors have been complaining that cleaning standards have been falling for some time.
"Now it is rumoured that our allocation of street cleaners has been withdrawn," she said in a statement that has been denied by the authority.
"Although Shropshire Council denies this," she added, "the evidence is all around us.
