The safety of staff and pupils will be at the forefront of the decision on whether to reopen schools in June, the MP for Lichfield and Burntwood has said.
Figures have revealed that one member of Lichfield City Council has only turned up to just over a quarter of all of the meetings they were scheduled to attend.
A Lichfield councillor has said the Sheriff’s Ride should not be given a blank cheque to be hosted in future after the soaring cost of the event was revealed.
Headteachers will have the final decision on when and how schools across Lichfield and Burntwood will reopen, Staffordshire’s education chief has said.
A teaching leader at a Burntwood secondary school says the Government’s handling of proposals to reopen schools “makes planning incredibly challenging”.