The leader of Lichfield District Council believes the local authority would be better off investing in a new leisure centre rather than “patching up” an existing one.
Councillors have been urged to hold talks about the future of Friary Grange Leisure Centre in public.
A Lichfield councillor has branded the proposal to close Friary Grange Leisure Centre as “shocking”.
The impending closure of Friary Grange Leisure Centre in 2020 will mark the end of public facilities in Lichfield.
A petition has been launched in a bid to prevent The Friary Grange Leisure Centre from closing.
Lichfield will be without a public leisure centre next year after the closure of The Friary was confirmed.
A Labour councillor says Lichfield District Council must be ready to support the Jigsaw community centre even if it withdraws funding.
Lichfield District Council is set to permanently withdraw the funding it gives to the Jigsaw community hub.
A Lichfield councillor who breached the local authority’s code of conduct has resigned from his role as chair of an overview and scrutiny committee.
An independent Lichfield councillor has said there is “no excuse” for errors on elected members’ registers of interests.
The former leader of the opposition at Lichfield District Council has called for a councillor who breached the code of conduct to be stripped of a senior role.
A Lichfield councillor who breached the code of conduct says he never intended to mislead anyone.
