“Culture of secrecy” accusations as scrutiny review discussed more than a year later Lincolnshire
Councillors have accused South Kesteven District Council leaders of a “culture of secrecy” as a highly-critical report on scrutiny was examined for the first time in over a year.
Alliance SK member Councillor Ashley Baxter said the amount of time it had taken to come to committee was “disgraceful” He accused the ruling group of “forcing” through changes to the Constitution that reduce the amount of public and councillor access to meetings and reject supplementary questions. Fellow Alliance SK member Councillor Phil Dilks, who was not a member of the committee but was allowed to speak said the council had a “track record” of issues with openness and transparency, pointing to issues such as theHowever, Councillor Paul Wood, the Independent chairman of the committtee defended the leadership saying: “It’s wrong you say about this council’s about secrecy, it’s not and I don’t think the cabinet hate scrutiny, we’re all trying to improve scrutiny.
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