MP claims council planned to close health centre

DUDLEY'S MP is demanding an investigation into whether the council intended to close a health centre despite denials by the borough’s leader.

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Labour's Sonia Kumar, right, says documents uncovered by her investigation prove Dudley Council did not intend to renew the lease on the Ladies Walk Centre in Sedgley, which also houses a library.

The Conservative-run council's leader, Patrick Harley, insists “at no point” was his administration planning to shut the centre but Ms Kumar says a probe by external auditors is required.

Ms Kumar said: “A fish rots from the head, it's a key decision, there was no discussion in the scrutiny committee.