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# Opposition leader questions decision not to give responsibility for coronavirus response to any member of new look cabinet at Lichfield District Council
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/opposition-leader-questions-decision-not-to-give-responsibility-for-coronavirus-response-to-any-member-of-new-look-cabinet-at-lichfield-district-council/
- Published: 2020-06-16T11:17:33.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-16T11:17:55.000Z
- Description: The leader of the opposition group at Lichfield District Council has questioned the decision not to give any member of the reshuffled cabinet direct responsibility for post-coronavirus planning.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

The leader of the opposition group at Lichfield District Council has questioned the decision not to give any member of the reshuffled cabinet direct responsibility for post-coronavirus planning.

Cllr Doug Pullen [unveiled his new-look leadership team](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillor-added-to-cabinet-group-in-reshuffle-at-lichfield-district-council/) which saw Cllr Richard Cox added to the group.

But Cllr Steve Norman said he was “surprised” not to see any member given a role relating directly to the COVID-19 agenda.

> “I have no problem with a review of cabinet roles after the first year of the new administration – I am surprised that no single cabinet member has been given responsibility for driving through the post COVID-19 actions that we need in Lichfield district though.  
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> “The deputy leader’s portfolio was very large and wide ranging and I don’t know if his failure to get full support for his proposals for the Lichfield city centre masterplan through the economic growth and environment development scrutiny committee last week was a factor in the shrinking of these responsibilities.  
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> “I also don’t know whether the chairman of that scrutiny committee’s rather partial efforts to get the cabinet recommendation on the masterplan through the committee, which he did following a controversial recount of the vote after a review of the recording of the meeting, has resulted in Councillor Cox’s promotion to the Cabinet.  
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> “Cllr Liz Little now has the responsibility for getting the masterplan progressed along with progressing the replacement for the Friary Grange Leisure Centre.”  
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> Cllr Steve Norman

Cllr Norman said the Labour group would make a full response to the changes at a meeting of the council on 14th July once full details on proposals for changes to scrutiny committees have been published.