Bosses at an arts and culture venue in Ulverston have defended the decision to make redundancies - after coming under fire from a local councillor.

Coronation Hall in Ulverston, like many other businesses, has had to make cuts and let staff go due to the financial impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.

At a recent meeting, Ulverston Town Councillor Pat Jones asked what the venue is going to do to bring back staff in the future, stating that the management had ‘made a great mistake on sacking these people. You won’t be able to re-employ them when this is all over.’

Beth Kennedy, director of Ulverston Community Enterprises said: “It was a difficult choice to make them redundant, but if we didn’t then we would be having to make even more people redundant later on, as we are running out of money.

“But in terms of reopening in the future – the important thing is we have very little idea of when that will be exactly. "We can’t promise anything but if we reopen then staff can re-apply for their jobs back.”