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Handforth Parish Council's latest Zoom meeting dogged by arguments and public interruptions The council, which rose to stardom after a chaotic Zoom call went viral, met again for the first time in two months 18 February 2021 • 1:32am The return of a parish council which became an internet sensation was watched by thousands on Wednesday night and dogged by repeated interruptions by members of the public. Handforth Parish Council, which rose to stardom earlier this month after a chaotic Zoom call on December 10 went viral, met again for the first time in two months on Wednesday evening. The r...

The councillor was accused of language worthy of Handforth Parish Council An opposition councillor has been slammed and accused of “language worthy of Handforth Parish Council” for his criticism of the council’s spending plans on local projects. Speaking at Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) Policy committee on Monday (February 15), Green councillor Rob White raised concern about the council’s spending plans on local projects using Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding from developments. The committee approved the £1.5 million of spending on projects across the town includ...

Ms Weaver said she is not attending the meeting as the council’s usual clerk has returned.

Robert Jenrick, the Local Government secretary, planning to change the law to enable virtual local council meetings permanent

The calls have been made just days after a clip from Handforth Parish Council went viral, featuring a heated argument between Cllr Tolver (left) and Jackie Weaver CALLS have been made to improve the standards of councillor conduct by a major local government organisation. The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has written an open letter to Robert Jenrick, Local Government Minister, urging government to ‘bring forward changes to the current standards regime governing conduct in local government’. It comes as recent meetings in Handforth, Frodsham, and Penketh have come to ...