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R19-13

Rejected January 2019

Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.

Recommendation

Councillors should be given the right to appeal to the Local Government Ombudsman if their local authority imposes a period of suspension for breaching the code of conduct. Government Responsible body

Government response

There is no provision in current legislation for a sanction to suspend a councillor found to have breached the code of conduct, and this was a deliberate policy decision by the Coalition Government at the time of the Localism Act 2011 to differentiate from the previous, failed Standards Board regime.

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