Chairing meetings If the chairman of a local authority meeting (also referred to as the mayor or maer in a city or borough council where there is no directly elected...
Councillors require a great deal of information in order to exercise proper management of the local authority (LA). It is sometimes difficult to know what information...
Discussion of employment issues in local government fall into three areas: • normal employment law issues, such as those concerning discrimination, fair or unfair...
This Practice Note relates only to England; the legislation is different in Wales. Every local authority must designate one of its officers as the Monitoring Officer and...
The following table sets out the position in a typical authority. Some authorities grant additional rights to councillors and members of the public. CouncilCommittees and...
On 10 August 2012, the Government introduced the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations, SI 2012/2089 (the...
The remuneration of members is a contentious issue. The public service approach is that members enter politics to serve the community, not for financial...
This Practice Note refers only to the law in England; note that different provisions apply to Wales. The public has a right to expect high standards of...
Council members for a principal area are elected by the local government electors for that area. Every non-metropolitan county is divided into electoral...
There are some basic elements of local authorities that tend to be overlooked by new members (councillors) and new officers alike, including lawyers. Structure and...