Councillors have called for an urgent meeting to address concerns over the stability of Warwick District Council following recent turmoil.

The resignation of two councillors inside three weeks, added to a trio of defections from Labour , has left the political balance of the authority on a knife edge.

The district is run by a Green-Labour coalition which until recently maintained control through the two parties holding 26 of the council's 44 seats.

There was a bombshell at the back end of last month when Labour's portfolio holder for housing Helen Adkins not only quit the cabinet – the panel of councillors in charge of major service areas – but the council altogether on the back of rows with Cllr Lowell Williams and leader Cllr Ian Davison.

Within a week, Cllr Paul Wightman, Cllr Cl

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