The full Council in Northumberland, a Tory led local authority sat
in front of the very bad tempered on the day Chairperson, Councillor Richard
Dodd, who bragged about his constitutional knowledge to everyone sat in front
of him with the Councils chief executive sat beside him, Mrs Dalit Lally CBE.
(Its on you tube link below)
At the meeting, Northumberland Labour Group pushed forward a
number of amendments to safeguard the poor, protect the disabled and halt the
attacks on their heartlands of Blyth and Ashington, whose fragile economies
will be hacked downwards by the Tories scarification of deprived families
incomes who dare to claim Council tax benefit, extending the Tories national
attacks on the poor into Northumberland’s most deprived communities.
A number of Labour’s amendments were ruled out of order with the
reason that Mrs Lally’s Officers hadn’t had time to crucify them and add them
to the spiked haemorrhoid of unacceptable to her and her political allies, the
Tories policies.
Labour amendments and motions were designed to improve people’s
lives in Northumberland, they failed to make the political cut in the Tory
mantra they were designed to do through the application of constitutional
process by the chair and his political advisers blanketing him on the day.
Two of Labours motions had to be heard, even the twisty use of the
rules of debate couldn’t halt them and in front of those who seem to know and
brag that they do, the constitution and the law surrounding local government,
inside out, the Leader of Council, the millionaire farmer, Councillor Peter
Jackson said the council should put two amendments together and vote on them.
That process took place and the Tories and their Bedlington
Independent allies voted the joint motion which was not composited by the
motions movers from the Labour Group down. They then accepted a motion from one
of their own team as an amendment and moved to vote on the substantive motion.
Ugh ugh. That process is completely outside of the Councils
constitution and should not have occurred. The Councils chief executive,
chairperson, legal advisor and section 151 officer allowed this flawed process
to take place, all amendments have to heard individually.
So it’s now down to the Councils External Auditor EY to rule on
this anomaly and tell the public and the Council taxpayers of Northumberland if
their budget is lawful or if the Leader of Council and chief executive should
resign over this debacle?
#callanotherbudgetcouncil
#stopthebullies
#stopthebullies
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