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05:00, 22 MAY 2021
Stafford Borough Council s chief executive Tim Clegg
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Stafford Borough Council is to share a chief executive with a neighbouring authority on a temporary basis – despite concerns he will have to divide his time between the two areas.
Tim Clegg is set to become interim joint chief executive of the Stafford authority and Cannock Chase Council for an initial period of 14 months. The move follows the departure of Cannock Chase s former managing director – equivalent to a chief executive – Tony McGovern at the end of February.
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More than £75 million of funding to revitalise high streets and help them bounce back from the pandemic has been confirmed for the West Midlands.
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Wolverhampton city centre.
Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Stafford will all be given cash as part of the Government s £830m Future High Streets Fund.
Funding was previously confirmed for Brierley Hill and Kidderminster.
Ministers say the cash pot will renew and re-shape town centres by making them more attractive places to live, work and visit in the hope of halting their decline and helping them bounce back .
The investment also forms part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson s pledge to level up parts of the country which have been left behind, particularly so-called former Labour red wall areas.
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Community leaders have backed calls to create a memorial to local residents who died from Covid-19.
Members of Stafford Borough Council have agreed to set up a working group to consider the best way to pay tribute to those affected by coronavirus.
As well as those who have lost their lives, it could honour people who have helped others during the pandemic.
Councillor Aidan Godfrey also put forward a motion from the authority’s Labour group for a book of remembrance during the authority’s annual meeting.