Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 13871
Councillors: Conduct
Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024
Question
Jo White
Labour — Bassetlaw
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides on the potential sanctions available to local authorities in instances when councillors are found to have breached an authority's code of co
Answer
Jim McMahonThe Government considers that the current local government standards regime is broadly ineffectual, inconsistently applied, and lacking in adequate powers to effectively sanction members found in serious breach of their codes of conduct.We are actively co...
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