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Hume deputy mayor Jack Medcraft has backed calls for a monitor to be appointed to oversee the council. As reported […]

Date Time Code of Conduct adopted Bass Coast Shire Council adopted the Councillor Code of Conduct at its Council Meeting held on Wednesday, 17 February. The Local Government Act 2020 requires councils to review and adopt a Councillor Code of Conduct within four months of the general election, which is developed with input and feedback from Councillors and reflects the requirements of the Act and the Local Government (Integrity and Compliance) Regulations. The Councillor Code of Conduct is an im...

Councillors Greg Rogerson, Jason OPray, Jenny McKay, Ted Hungerford and Rick Baberowski voted against the development on June 21, 2018. Councillors John Connolly, Christian Dickson, Steve Robinson, Tim Dwyer, Peter Cox and Mayor Mark Jamieson voted in favour. Dickson had no knowledge of mooted refusal: Cr Dickson said his "only insight into the assessment" was that council planners had been concerned about a "number of matters ranging from height, density, traffic, environment and resident o...

Marshalswick South councillor Richard Curthoys. - Credit: Archant A Conservative district councillor has been lambasted by Facebook users after posting comments about secrecy within the Lib Dem administration. Richard Curthoys, who represents Marshalswick South and describes himself as a "LibDem Baiter" on his Twitter profile, questioned why councillors were made privy to documents kept secret from the public. Alongside a picture of confidential blue papers, he asked members of the St Albans Pe...

Court overturns ban on Paisley councillor accused of hate campaign and orders new probe Councillor Paul Mack was banned by the Standards Commission for Scotland for 17 months over claims he launched a hate campaign against fellow elected members (Image: Paisley Daily Express) Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the informa...

Outburst occurred at Penketh Parish Council meeting in Warrington, Cheshire Chairman David Simm thought his mic was off as he swore at rival, last October After Mr Simm says Wipe that f***ing smirk of your face you piece of s**t, Cllr Craig Lenihan responds, Hes speaking to me Mr Simm later resigned from position as councillor and apologised, citing constant personal attacks from within our own council as reason for his rant

Councillor Lindsay Beech (left) who has admitted to breaking coronavirus rules - Credit: Swaffham Town Council At the meeting, eight councillors voted to refer Mrs Beech to the monitoring officer at Breckland Council, while Les Scott and Wendy Bensley abstained. Once referred, the monitoring officer at the district council said they could not take action against her as they were under the impression that there was a police investigation and she was "not acting in her official capacity" at the ...

A town councillor who admitted to breaking coronavirus rules by visiting a high street following a positive test will have no action taken against her - it...

Brent Council leader Cllr Muhammed Butt released a message earlier this month urging people to stay at home as much as possible (Photo: Brent Council) A former Brent Council leader called on three current councillors to resign after they attended a charity event during the national lockdown – though it has been dismissed by the local Labour Group as “political point scoring”. Paul Lorber accused Cllr Muhammed Butt, the current leader of Brent Council, of hypocrisy after he visited a c...