A number of flood alerts remain in place for Greater Manchester following a huge thunderstorm.
31.05.2023 - 11:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Greater Manchester council's handling of disciplinary issues among its elected members has been questioned by the long-standing leader of one of its political groups.
Coun Andy Kelly, who heads up Rochdale Council's Lib Dems, claims the authority is facing repeated problems - as those who step out of line face 'no consequences' for their actions.
It comes as he warned earlier this year that the councillors had no place complaining about the public while the council was facing a 'record number of complaints about councillor conduct.'
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He has hit out after 'code of conduct' training was offered to all councillors, after the controlling Labour group made it mandatory for its members.
While Coun Kelly says his group will be undertaking the training - he told the M.E.N.he will be asking what consequences wayward members will face - and what has changed since it was last rolled out.
“It’s a long-standing bugbear of mine that councillors across the board - elected members - don’t observe the code of conduct, whether that be bullying, whether that’s the way they speak to colleagues, other elected members, the way they conduct themselves in public life and the way they think they can speak to people,” said Coun Kelly.
“But they do that because they see there’s no consequence to their actions, there’s no punishment. And we see time and time again councillors being found to have broken the code of conduct.”
Coun Kelly says his frustrations with the council’s handling of disciplinary matters date back to 2018, when Coun Faisal Rana stepped down from his cabinet position after accepting a police caution for voting twice in the local elections. Coun Rana said it
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