Worcestershire County Council Needs Reform 🇬🇧
Virtually Bankrupt
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
● Worcestershire County Council Chief Executive earns over £188,500, which is
£21,500 more than the Prime Minister.
● 15 Council staff members earn around £100,000 a year or more.
● Worcestershire County Council is facing effective bankruptcy as it grapples
with a £33.6m funding gap. Despite receiving an additional £17.6m from the
Government the Council says this is insufficient, with £5.8m being allocated to
changes in waste regulations.
● Last year County councillors voted through a 17% pay rise, raising their own
allowances by nearly £2000.
● Council tax for Worcestershire CC has gone up over 23% in just 5 years.
● WCC owes more than £550 million in debts. That means WCC paid over £23
million in debt interest last year, over £62,000 per day.
● The Council has recently spent £16 million on a “bridge to nowhere”. Kepax
Bridge, which spans the river Severn was completed in December but
surrounded by bogs on either side making it unusable.
● Worcestershire County Council spent just under £197,000 on translation and
interpretation services last year, almost double what it spent the year before.
● They spent £1.8 million on Digital Transformation.
● In 2023, WCC spent £554,000 on a Public Sector Decarbonisation
programme.
● At the same time the Council paid £101,600 this year to plant just 179
standard size trees in urban areas across Worcestershire.
● Need 33 million to avoid going bankrupt