Monmouthshire County Council confirmed Sara Burch had resigned from the cabinet 'with immediate effect' after accusing Wales Secretary David TC Davies of whipping up anti-Traveller feeling.
A county councillor has quit her cabinet post after she accused a government minister of"whipping up anti-Traveller feeling".Secretary David TC Davies and fellow Monmouthshire county councillor, Frances Taylor, a member of the Independent Group.which he denied was discriminatory.
The flyer, entitled"Gypsy and Traveller site coming to your area soon!", attacked the local council over a lack of consultation. Mr Davies, who was appointed Wales Secretary last October, went on to ask residents of his Monmouthshire constituency:"Would you like to see a Traveller site next to your house?"
Monmouthshire County Council on Wales's eastern border had a Conservative majority until May last year when Labour became the largest group. Cllr Burch, who had served as the council's member for inclusive and active communities since last year, quoted a post of X, formerly known as Twitter, commemorating the victims of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust on 2 August.
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