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A SENIOR councillor attempted to use a street cleaning initiative in certain wards to bolster the Tories’ electoral advantage, a report has…

AN INDEPENDENT investigator found evidence a BCP Council cabinet member breached the councillor code of conduct in three areas.

THE findings of an independent report that cleared a councillor of trying to improperly influence the decision on his own planning application have been accepted. On Tuesday, BCP Council’s standards committee backed the judgment that councillor Peter Hall had not breached the council’s code of conduct during determination of his plans in 2019. Councillor Ann Stribley, who is also a member of the planning committee that considered the application, said she did not his actions had swaye...

A COUNCILLOR accused of trying to influence the determination of a planning application for his home has been cleared of wrongdoing in an independent investigation. The complaint against Peter Hall alleged that, at a 2019 meeting of BCP Council’s planning committee, he attempted to sway fellow councillors’ decision. But an independent report says that he had correctly been acting in a personal role at the time and did not breach the code of conduct. The planning application, submitt...