Call for prayers to stop at Wellington Council meetings

The practice of holding prayers at the start of council meetings is to be discussed after a councillor proposed a motion calling for it to be stopped.

Independent councillor Pat McCarthy said the tradition at Wellington Town Council, in Shropshire, was outdated.

He has now put forward a motion calling for the prayers not to form part of official council business.

The Diocese of Lichfield has said having prayers before meetings was an integral part of British government.

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