Lichfield, Tamworth and Burton Liberal Democrats

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The campaign to get Friary Grange Leisure Centre reopened post-lockdown is building (see previous news item).

Although Burntwood Leisure Centre will open on 25^th July Lichfield District Council is saying that Friary Grange Leisure Centre will not open until October!

Two Lichfield councillors have criticised a plan to keep Friary Grange Leisure Centre closed until October.

Lichfield District Council will reopen Burntwood Leisure Centre on 25th July after the Government eased coronavirus restrictions.

But a report to an overview and scrutiny committee meeting tomorrow (16th July) said Friary Grange Leisure Centre was to remain shuttered for the next few months.

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Weekly Whip w/c 6th July

Monday 6^th July

There are some two million victims of domestic abuse a year. More than one in ten of all offences recorded by the police are domestic abuse related. In 2017, the Conservative government committed to introduce a bill to transform the approach of the justice system and wider statutory agencies. It has now been 3 ½ years since this commitment, but the Domestic Abuse Bill finally passed through the House of Commons on Monday night with cross-party support.