The Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police has defended a rise in council tax by saying the force needs the additional cash to “stabilise the force’s finances”.
A councillor has called for a rethink on changes to free bus travel in Lichfield and Burntwood.
A Burntwood Conservative councillor who was due to step down from Lichfield District Council in May has resigned with immediate effect.
Councillors in Burntwood have written to Staffordshire’s Police Commissioner to call for a review of cover in the town.
The Lichfield Civic Society has criticised what it says is a lack of engagement with outside groups on the future of land earmarked for the doomed Friarsgate redevelopment.
The leader of Lichfield District Council has outlined the short term plans for the land left derelict following the collapse of the Friarsgate scheme.
The MP for Lichfield and Burntwood has said a colleague who appeared to be caught questioning his hair during a televised House of Commons debate “will eventually learn to behave”.
A meeting of a task group set up to work out a plan for the future of the land previously earmarked for Friarsgate was attended by just two councillors, it has been revealed.
A Burntwood councillor says the battle against wide-ranging cuts is not over, despite Staffordshire County Council reversing plans to axe lollipop men and women.
A second member of Lichfield District Council’s Cabinet has been told to update his register of interests after being found to hold a directorship of an outside business.
The Liberal Democrats in Lichfield and Burntwood said proposals to cut lollipop men and women were “a new low”.
A Conservative councillor who resigned from Burntwood Town Council says he also intends to step down from Lichfield District Council in the coming months.
