Worthy Down is not Twickenham - Save the Royal Military School of Music

Richmond and Twickenham Councillors should read with trepidation the success of their Telford and Wrekin counterparts: Nearly four years of hard lobbying by Telford & Wrekin councillors and senior officers paid off when in 2015, the MoD announced that it would build the Centre in Telford. Donnington beat off competition from Bicester to be named as the home of the Defence Fulfilment Centre providing a consolidated, national centre for MOD logistics, commodities and services with state of the art infrastructure. Bringing the DFC to Telford will secure many local jobs and is worth around £60m a year to the borough’s economy.    Councillor Shaun Davies, Telford & Wrekin Council’s leader, said: “This is a fantastic day for the whole of Telford and Wrekin. “We always said that safeguarding the existing jobs at MoD Donnington was the key priority and today we delivered that. It would be fantastic if the Winchester, Chatham or Minley options for the Royal Military School of Music could be beaten off by Richmond and Twickenham, the School should stay where it is, to keep teaching, facilities management and administrative jobs for local people.