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Councillor Clive World THE chairman of a local authority has dismissed claims that he has committed a “naked abuse of power” by preventing debate on proposals to tackle climate change. Long-serving Richmondshire District councillor Clive World said he had ensured calls to remove fossil fuel as an option for council vehicles by 2030 and action on reducing the use of plastics by the council were given thorough consideration, as opposition members branded the council’s environmental record as “a disgrace”. The row erupted following a full meeting of the council where two notices of motion had been tabled by the leader of the council’s two-member Green Party and Independent group, Councillor Leslie Rowe.
Richmondshire District Council members, who have voted to increase the authority s environmental efforts THE frailty of a ruling Coalition group’s grip on power at a council has been exposed as a controversial swimming pool plan saw the same number of elected members vote for the move as against it. As a vote calling for further consideration of pumping a third of Richmondshire District Council’s annual council tax income into Richmond’s swimming pool was tied 12-12, chairman Councillor Clive World was forced to use his casting vote to pass the plan. The ruling Richmondshire Together group of ten Independents and three Liberal Democrats came close to its first defeat since taking power in 2019 after Conservative, Green and Independent councillors questioned whether the authority could afford spending £1.4m on overhauling the pool.
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