Councillors were told it would be “irresponsible” to omit the environment from the title of a Cabinet member.
The issue of combined authorities isn’t going away, councillors have been told.
The remit of Lichfield District Council’s employment committee has been widened, it chairman has revealed.
Members of an independent panel say they are “shocked and disappointed” by a decision to raise allowances for councillors in Lichfield and Burntwood.
A councillor has warned that other areas will need to take a fair share of new housing if a development in Burntwood is approved.
Labour councillors in Burntwood are demanding a new ‘Town Deal’ for the area, insisting it has been “short-changed” in the past.
Taxpayers in Lichfield and Burntwood have been told they will need to think of Lichfield District Council as a business in future.
A Burntwood councillor says the town is continuing to be treated as the poor relation to surrounding areas.
The leader of Lichfield District Council has warned the authority will need to look hard at the services it can afford to deliver once the extent of Government funding cuts are revealed.
A Burntwood councillor has said the demise of Forward Action Burntwood shows that the Big Society alone isn’t the answer to filling the gaps when councils are forced to cut services.
Councillors have been accused of failing to fight for residents of Streethay after approving a new housing development in the area.
Residents have been reassured that plans for the future of mobile libraries have not been set in stone.
