The first part of the meeting, held to discuss budget cuts and the housing allocations consultation, was essentially held in private because of technical issues, though the director presenting the cuts summarised what he had said later.
The local democracy service has asked the council for a recording of the full meeting and said the meeting should never have gone ahead if it wasn’t accessible to the public.
Lewisham Council needs to make £40 million in cuts over the next three years.
It published a second round of cuts proposals this month worth £15.1 million, added to the more than £26 million set out in November.