Museum frontman may face axe

A council worker regarded as the face of Cannock Chase Museum by school children and visitors could lose his job as part of penny-pinching council cuts.

Leon Jevons, aged 36, is the museum's visitor services assistant and has been told his job will go if proposed cuts in services are agreed by Cannock Chase Council.

He manages the museum's public face by running the visitor centre, shop and reception as well as showing members of the public around the museum in Valley Road, Hednesford.

He is facing redundancy so the council can save just over £8,000 a year.

Mr Jevons, who has worked at the museum for five years, was unable to comment.

But he has previously told the Express & Star that working at the museum was "the best job I have ever had." He works from Monday to Friday but is classed as part-time.

One insider at the council said: "If he goes then the museum will be closed except for the weekend and there will be no-one to promote the museum or show people around. He is the public face of the museum."

There are two full-time staff at the museum and four other part-time staff but only Leon has been told his job could go.

On Wednesday the council revealed a list of potential cuts to services.

The council refused to confirm that the proposed cuts included jobs being lost at the museum but said no final decision had been made on any of the proposals.