1 Nov 2020

Local councillors gagging themselves?

From Mediawatch, 9:06 am on 1 November 2020

 

It's not unusual for local council bosses and mayors to try to control what councillors say when the media come calling. But one council’s elected representatives have created a code of conduct obliging them to clear comments to reporters in advance  - and the mayor and the media say transparency is the loser.

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