PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Parish and Town Councils: Staff (10 September 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Communities and Communities, what powers local authority monitoring officers have to impose sanctions on parish councillors.
Asked by:
James Wild (Conservative)
Asked by:
James Wild (Conservative)
Answer
The Localism Act 2011 removed the power of sanction from councils.
If a member is found to have failed to comply with their authority's code of conduct, an authority can take steps it deems appropriate.
Answered by:
Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)
21 September 2021
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