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LGA responds to local government ethics report

Lord Porter, Chairman of the Local Government Association, responded to the new report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life on local government ethical standards 

“Standards across local government are very high and the LGA already works closely with councils and councillors to promote good conduct and leadership.

“A locally-led approach to standards – underpinned by a national framework – remains the right approach and the LGA is happy to play a leading role in updating a code of conduct to help guide our members.

“A number of adequate sanctions already exist to deal with the most serious issues and care needs to be taken to avoid adding to the current regime and causing unintended consequences. For example, suspending councillors for up to six months could see them lose their seat. This would pose a risk to the democratic process leaving residents without locally-elected representative.

“The way councillors conduct and behave themselves is important and communities will ultimately hold their local politicians to account at the ballot box. There is also a growing issue with unacceptable intimidation and harassment of councillors which also needs to be addressed by councils, the police and social media companies.”

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Original article link: https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/lga-responds-local-government-ethics-report

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