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'Stay out of council business' - Dudley Council leader issues warning to MPs past and present

Dudley Council's leader Patrick Harley has issued a stern message to MPs past and present who are fighting to save Sedgley's Ladies Walk health centre and library.

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By Paul Jenkins
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Council leader Councillor Patrick Harley

Mr Harley says the council will take control over the under-threat centre, whose lease is up early next year, and will sort out its future internally without intervention from outside.

Sonia Kumar MP outside of Sedgley Library and clinic at Ladies Walk. She is calling on Dudley Council to extend the lease on the building or to consider buying it outright.
Sonia Kumar at a meeting outside of Ladies Walk earlier this month - she has pledged to do all she can to save it.

His message came as a public meeting was held at All Saints Church on Wednesday night (May 21) to discuss the future of the centre, which houses Sedgley Library and Health Centre but is due to close when its lease expires next year.

Leader Cllr Patrick Harley (Con. Kingswinford South). Photo: Dudley Borough Council. Permission for use by all BBC newswire partners.
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It followed a protest outside of the building earlier this month organised by Dudley MP Sonia Kumar, who has also collected a 1,600-name petition against the possible closure of Ladies Walk.