A number of local councillors in parishes near Bristol are considering resigning if virtual council meetings come to an end next month. Council meetings have been held remotely since emergency legislation was introduced last year to enable the business of local government to continue safely during the coronavirus pandemic. But physical council meetings are due to resume on May 7 after the Government said it did not have time to extend the legislation. A High Court is due to decide whether remote meetings can continue under existing legislation later this month. Councillors have been vocal in their opposition to returning to city halls, council offices and village halls in the middle of a pandemic, accusing the Government of double standards as MPs extended their own right to debate from home until June 21.
Picture: sharply done/Getty Images COUNCILS across the county are preparing for life after lockdown as emergency legislation allowing meetings to be held online looks set to end next month. The government has said it will not be renewing laws that allowed councils to move public council meetings online in the wake of the Covid pandemic – a move that will mean public meetings could be start to be held at venues across Worcestershire after elections on May 6. Worcestershire County Council said it will be moving back to holding meetings in person next month but will ensure that current government guidelines are met.
MEETINGS: County Hall in Worcester. COUNCILS across the county are preparing for life after lockdown as emergency legislation allowing meetings to be held online looks set to end next month. The government has said it will not be renewing laws that allowed councils to move public council meetings online in the wake of the Covid pandemic - a move that will mean public meetings could be start to be held at venues across Worcestershire after elections on May 6. Worcestershire County Council said it will be moving back to holding meetings in person next month but will ensure that current government guidelines are met.
The answer is that they both hail from 1972.
Whereas the Local Government Act 1972 – which brought about today’s structure of local government – remains largely in force, Pong has been superseded (to put it mildly). The arcade game, with its two white oblong bats, square ball and dotted line net on a plain black background, might be considered a retro design classic, but it is a world away from current video technology.
Pong was, at the end of the day, an arcade game (albeit an influential one). However, over the past year digital technology has enabled much of the economy to continue functioning from people’s homes during Covid-19, prevented a recession of even greater magnitude and prevented countless unnecessary deaths. Its value has been unprecedented.
Councillors thinking of resigning if Jackie Weaver-style virtual meetings end
A High Court will decide later this month whether remote council meetings can continue after May 6
17:51, 14 APR 2021
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A number of local councillors in parishes near Bristol are considering resigning if virtual council meetings come to an end next month.