09/09/2026
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Labourโs Cllr Carolyn Healy is now Deputy Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council and holds responsibility for Neighbourhoods, Planning & Sustainability.
She is also a director of Red Kite Network Ltd, a company which provides ecological and landscape consultancy services, including work for Telford & Wrekin Council itself.
Council records show ยฃ34,445 of transactions with Red Kite in 2025/26. Across the last six financial years, the published figures total more than ยฃ165,000.
Letโs be clear: these interests have been declared. We are not suggesting otherwise.
But the real question is whether simply declaring an interest is enough when the companyโs work appears so closely related to the councillorโs political portfolio.
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What safeguards are in place?
Which relevant decisions has Cllr Healy withdrawn from?
And has the potential overlap between her public responsibilities and commercial interests been independently reviewed?
Public confidence requires more than ticking the declaration box.
Do you think this arrangement passes the common-sense test? We donโt, and we believe she must go. In May we have our local elections, try and keep up with the goings on with this Labour council, there seems to be a lot happening.
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