Lichfield’s MP says it was not his intention to offend or demoralise teachers and nurses after claims some of them broke lockdown rules to drink in staff rooms after work.
The comments of an MP on teachers and nurses breaking Covid regulations have been branded “unhelpful” by the leader of Lichfield District Council has said.
Conservative councillors in Lichfield and Burntwood have been criticised over their “deafening silence” in the wake of their MP’s claims nurses and teachers broke lockdown rules by drinking in staff rooms during the pandemic.
Lichfield’s MP says no-one should forget the suffering felt by families during the pandemic – adding that “we all had friends and relatives who tragically died from Covid”.
A councillor responsible for efforts to tackle climate change across Lichfield and Burntwood says he has reservations about the use of fields for solar farms.
The Prime Minister has shown “no respect” for a Lichfield man who was unable to be with his dying wife during the Covid pandemic, the leader of the opposition has said.
A primary school teacher has urged Lichfield’s MP to stand down after making “offensive” claims education workers were drinking together in staff rooms during lockdown.
