Wrekin Reform UK

02/09/2026

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄.

Let us be clear though, it is the Conservatives that created this mess, and our MP Mark Pritchard went along with every step of it.

StarTelfordLiveReform UKAndrewRadford.co.uk Wrekin Conservative AssociationTelford & Wrekin CouncilShropshire Council

🇬🇧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗥𝗘𝗞𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡’𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗘

It’s time the government began to upscale, and that means it must use The Wrekin as a key to that growth. 3% of GDP by 2030 is not good enough, we need 3.5% now.

When people talk about defence, they often think about distant military bases, shipyards or factories elsewhere in Britain.

But look at what we have right here in The Wrekin.

RAF Cosford is training the technicians and engineers who keep our aircraft operating.

MOD Donnington is a major part of the logistical network that gets essential equipment and supplies to our Armed Forces around the world.

At Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, we still have serving soldiers based within our constituency.

At Lilleshall, the Battle Back Centre supports wounded, injured and sick service personnel through their recovery.

But our contribution to Britain’s defence goes much further than military bases.

We actually build and support the equipment our troops go to war in.

At Hadley Castle Works, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land is producing the British Army’s new Challenger 3 main battle tank and Boxer armoured vehicles — advanced military vehicles being manufactured here in Telford.

At Donnington, Babcock supports frontline Army vehicles, providing maintenance and parts for equipment including Challenger tanks and Trojan armoured vehicles.

And Rheinmetall is investing further in Telford with a new facility to manufacture large-calibre gun barrels, bringing hundreds more highly skilled defence jobs to our area.

That means engineering jobs. Apprenticeships. Manufacturing. Logistics. Training. Rehabilitation. Serving military personnel.

All connected to one constituency and the communities around it.

As someone who spent most of my adult life in the Armed Forces, I understand that defence capability isn’t created by politicians making speeches in Westminster.

It is created by the servicemen and women who serve, and by the engineers, technicians, logisticians and businesses behind them.

The Wrekin doesn’t simply support Britain’s Armed Forces. We help equip them, train them and keep them operational.

That is something our area should be immensely proud of and something any government serious about rebuilding Britain’s defence capability should be investing in.

Wrekin Reform UK Shropshire Star TelfordLive RBL Newport Shropshire

02/09/2026

𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗬. 𝗜𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘.

For too many people across The Wrekin working hard, doing overtime, and trying to get ahead, simply doesn’t feel as rewarding as it should.

Reform UK wants to change that.

🇬🇧 Raise the income-tax threshold to around £20,000 taking around 7 million people out of income tax altogether, and saving workers up to £1,500 a year.

🇬🇧 For workers earning under £75,000, no income tax on overtime above normal working hours of 40 hours a week.

And reform the welfare system so that those who genuinely cannot work are supported, while those who can work are encouraged back into employment.

This is what Make Work Pay means.

Not another government handout.
Not another complicated scheme.

You earn the money. You should be allowed to keep more of it.

Britain needs to start rewarding the people who get up, go to work, run businesses, work shifts and put in the extra hours.

Hard work should be rewarded — not punished.

That is the difference Reform UK is offering.

AndrewRadford.co.uk

01/09/2026

𝟯% 𝗕𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬? 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦𝗡’𝗧 𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬, 𝗠𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗.

Today, Mark Pritchard MP called for Britain to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030.

Waiting for 2030 is dangerous and leave us open the serious threats.

NATO has already agreed that members need to reach 3.5% of GDP on core defence, alongside up to another 1.5% on wider defence and security investment, by 2035.

Even Labour has committed Britain to reaching 3.5% core defence spending.

Yet our MP for The Wrekin is talking about 3% in four years from now.

𝗜 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲.

The threats facing Britain are not scheduled to wait until 2030. Russia is rearming. Warfare is changing rapidly. Our Armed Forces need personnel, ammunition, air defence, drones, ships and modern equipment.

My position is clear: Britain should move to 3.5% of GDP on core defence 𝗡𝗢𝗪 — not in four years, and not in nine.
Deterrence works when your potential enemies know you have both the capability and the will to defend yourself.

After 14 years as our MP, Mark Pritchard should be demanding greater urgency, not proposing that Britain reaches a lower figure years down the road.

National defence is the first duty of government. It cannot be continually postponed until tomorrow.

Views of Andy Radford CGC not The Wrekin Reform UK unless stated otherwise.

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01/09/2026

𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗬. 𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗨-𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡.

Keir Starmer has announced TODAY that he is quitting as an MP.

When he left Downing Street just weeks ago, he said he intended to remain in Parliament until the next General Election.

Now he’s changed his mind.

But what interesting timing.

Today is the day Andy Burnham finally steps up in the Commons as Prime Minister.

And more importantly it is also the day Nigel Farage is expected to be sworn back into Parliament after his second Clacton victory.

So why choose TODAY to announce it?

A coincidence? Perhaps.

Or one final attempt by Starmer to dominate the headlines on a day that was supposed to belong to his successor — and to Nigel Farage’s return to Westminster?

Whatever the motive, one thing is beyond dispute:

Starmer said he would stay. Now he’s going.

Another promise. Another reversal. Another Labour U-turn.

Britain has had enough of politicians who say one thing and do another.

It is time for Reform UK

Shropshire Star TelfordLive AndrewRadford.co.uk

01/09/2026

𝟮𝟮 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝘃𝘀 𝟱𝟲𝟬+ 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗦.

𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗗.

When 22 people were arrested from the Unite the Kingdom march, sections of the media were quick to use those arrests to portray a right-wing demonstration as dangerous and disorderly.

Notting Hill Carnival?

560+ arrests by Monday evening.

Weapons. Drugs. Assaults. Sexual offences. Public-order offences.

Yet where is the same sweeping condemnation?

Where are the headlines judging hundreds of thousands of Carnival-goers by the behaviour of those arrested?

This is the problem with our increasingly politicised public debate.

RIGHT-WING PROTEST: arrests become the story.

CARNIVAL: arrests become an unfortunate footnote.

You cannot demand that 22 arrests define one event while treating more than 560 at another as something we shouldn’t talk about.

Either judge both events by the actions of a minority — or judge neither that way.

Same laws. Same standards. No excuses.

We do not have to agree with the event or its organisers to see the comparisons from the media.

Shropshire Star TelfordLive AndrewRadford.co.uk

01/09/2026

𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡-𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗦

New analysis of medical tribunal cases has revealed figures that should raise serious questions about NHS recruitment, training and patient safety.

Doctors trained overseas make up around 42% of doctors working in the UK — but accounted for 55.6% of doctors found to have committed misconduct in the latest year analysed.

That was 118 out of 212 cases.

Among those overseas-trained doctors, 28 were struck off the medical register and 69 were suspended.

These figures should not be used to condemn the many overseas-trained doctors who work professionally and provide excellent care in our NHS. But neither should an uncomfortable statistical disparity simply be ignored.

Every patient has the right to expect the same rigorous standards of competence, conduct and accountability from every doctor practising in Britain, wherever they received their medical education.

And there is a wider question.

Why has Britain become so dependent on recruiting doctors trained overseas while British medical graduates face intense competition for postgraduate training places?

We need an NHS that trains and retains more of our own doctors, applies robust standards to everyone entering the profession and puts patient safety before simply increasing workforce numbers.

The figures warrant scrutiny — and the public deserves confidence that standards are never being compromised.

Reform UK will:

Remove the cap on training British medical students.
Ensure we keep more of our own.
Give insensitives for our doctors to return to the NHS.
Create 20,000 new places within the NHS.

Shropshire StarTelfordLiveAndrewRadford.co.uk

31/08/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘁 which 𝗮𝘀𝗸s 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞.

Many men, mainly from Islamic cultures outside of Europe see ra**ng women and children as normal behaviour.

If you need a booklet to tell you it’s wrong, you need a flight back to where you came from.

𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲.

We say no to The Whitehouse Hotel, and no to every HMO. It’s time we had an MP who will stand with the community and put a stop to this.

Why has this never been stopped?

Shropshire Star TelfordLive AndrewRadford.co.uk Telford Reform UK Branch

31/08/2026

APLEY LEFT IN THE DARK — BUT WHY?

Christmas might seem a long way off, but decisions about this year’s displays will be made well before December — and there is a question Apley residents deserve an answer to.

Why does Apley appear to miss out on Christmas lights?

Hadley & Leegomery Parish Council specifically lists “Christmas Light Displays” among the services it provides.

And this isn’t an insignificant area of spending.

The Parish Council’s published budget shows that £18,000 was allocated for Christmas lights in 2024/25.

This is particularly interesting because in March 2025 the Parish Council’s own agenda included an item specifically to:

“discuss additional Christmas Lights installation.”

Apley is part of the same parish. Its residents contribute through the same council tax system and have every right to ask how services and spending are distributed across their community.

Our Reform Parish Councillor Andrew Benion has been raising the issue of Christmas lights for Apley.

We think the questions are reasonable:

🎄 What Christmas lighting is planned for Apley this year?

🎄 How much is being spent on Christmas lights across the parish?

🎄 Where are those lights being installed?

🎄 And how are decisions made about which communities receive them?

This isn’t about demanding that thousands of pounds are unnecessarily spent on decorations.

It’s about fairness, transparency and ensuring Apley isn’t forgotten.

Apley residents pay towards their Parish Council just like everyone else.

They deserve to know what they’re getting in return.

Would you like to see proper Christmas lights in Apley this year? Tell us below.

30/08/2026

Times need to change

𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄

I strongly believe that every woman and child has the right to feel safe walking around their own streets.

Day or night, they should be safe from violence, intimidation, harassment and abuse.

Well done to Reform UK and Reform UK Essex for supplying the extra security. It should not be necessary, but unfortunately it is.

I believe both Telford & Wrekin Council and Shropshire Council should be looking seriously at what more can be done to better protect women and children within communities across The Wrekin.

We also cannot be frightened of discussing immigration.

𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒.

Thousands of men are entering Britain illegally. In many cases the British authorities cannot establish their identity and can’t verify their background.

We should be prepared to say clearly: Britain has spent generations establishing the principle that women are equal citizens. Nobody arriving in this country has the right to bring attitudes towards women and girls that conflict with that fundamental principle.

Our laws, our freedoms and our culture is for the safety of British citizens and it is not negotiable.

That does not mean claiming every migrant is dangerous. They clearly are not. It means recognising that government has a responsibility to control our borders, know who is entering our country, remove those who have no right to remain and put the safety of the British public first.

For too long, politicians have been afraid to have this conversation.

I am not.

𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲.

Reform UK is prepared to restore control of our borders, enforce our laws and put the safety of the British people first.

And we need policing that criminals actually fear and law-abiding people can rely upon. Reform UK will add 40,000 new frontline officers to bring back law and order.

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭.

Wrekin Reform UK Telford Reform UK Branch Shropshire Star TelfordLive

30/08/2026

THIS IS BASIC MAINTENANCE — OUR PATHS SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE

These are two examples of badly overgrown public paths locally.

At Tee Lake Boulevard, vegetation has significantly reduced the usable width of the pavement. That is inconvenient for everyone, but potentially much more serious for wheelchair and mobility-aid users, parents with pushchairs and older residents.

We’ve also been shown similar overgrowth on the Bratton–Wellington section of the Silkin Way, where vegetation is encroaching considerably onto the path.

These aren’t extravagant things to expect from local government.

Residents should be able to use our public footpaths safely and accessibly, and routine maintenance should be getting done before paths reach this condition.

The Wrekin Reform UK is raising these locations with the responsible authority and asking for the vegetation to be cut back.

Have you seen badly overgrown paths or neglected public spaces elsewhere in The Wrekin?

Let us know.


&Telford & Wrekin Council AndrewRadford.co.uk