A meeting will be held next week which could resolve the future of Kirklees Council.

The authority has been suffering political paralysis since the ruling Liberal Democrat Group resigned en masse.

They did so after their leader and Cleckheaton Councillor Kath Pinnock lost a vote of no confidence.

As a result the Tory group will propose they take control of the hung Council.

Councillor Robert Light, who represents Birstall, claimed Coun Pinnock could no longer be involved in the future of the Council after the no confidence vote, which was called amid allegations she had secretly backed the controversial proposed merger of the Huddersfield and Dewsbury divisions of West Yorkshire Police.

Coun Light said his party, as the second largest group on Kirklees Council, would be pushing to steer the Council through the crisis.

He said: "We've considered our position and we feel it is now our responsibility to run the Council.

"Councillor Pinnock has lost the confidence of the Council... and there is no way she can be involved in the future of Kirklees Council."

The Liberal Democrats and Greens have called for a special meeting on November 3 so a new administration can be discussed and formed. It is understood the Liberal Democrats' group has passed a unanimous vote of confidence in Coun Pinnock as leader.

Labour leader Coun Mehboob Khan said : "The meeting is absolutely futile."

He said the Labour group would support the Liberal Democrat/Green administration if Coun Pinnock stepped aside.

"The way forward is that the Liberal Democrats think carefully about putting the needs of the 380,000 people before any misplaced loyalty," he said.

Coun Pinnock said the meeting was called to try to resolve the situation as fast as possible.

"I'm hoping and expecting the situation to be resolved at the meeting. I don't think it's in the interest of Kirklees people that we neglect our responsibility to them for more than two weeks."

The Liberal Democrats have proposed all parties take part in a shared administration, and are against an individual party seizing control.