A COMMUNITY GROUP is reeling after being told it needed a massive £5m insurance cover to hold a coffee morning.
Members of the Skelmanthorpe Community Action Group (SCAG) were told they needed the expensive public liability insurance in order to use the village’s council chambers on Huddersfield Road.
The group were planning to meet there later this month to discuss Kirklees Council’s massive house building plans.
SCAG committee member, Christopher Ward, branded the move as “ridiculous” and said the extra costs could force dozens of local groups to move elsewhere.
He said: “SCAG and the churches and some other groups use the council chambers from time to time to meet. In the past the issue of insurance has never come up, we just paid £25 for a morning’s use.”
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