Lap-dance club’s strip bid

COUNCILLORS will have to consider whether lap-dancers should wear G-strings.

Currently lap-dancers working in Calderdale can only strip down to a nontransparent G-string.

But a new policy is being considered and a request has been made by a lap-dancing club for dancers to be able to fully remove all clothing.

The owner of La Salsa in Halifax has told Calderdale Council: “All our dancers are coming from neighbouring towns like Leeds and Manchester where the dancers are allowed to remove their G-string.

“Every week we have to retrain the dancers with our policies and need to keep going onto the dance floor in front of customers to warn the dancers to keep their G-strings on.”

La Salsa added that customers ask for a refund when they “do not get the service they expected” due to dancers not being allowed to take their G-strings off.

They added that it had created tension and led to fights.

Councillors will consider if Calderdale should alter its policy when it considers a wider policy for the licensing of sex establishments.

If Calderdale councillors agree, it will bring them into line with other local councils, including Kirklees.

A similar bid to allow dancers to perform nude during lap dances at the Halifax club was rejected in 2014.