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Clockwise from top left: Cllr Nick Ireland, Cllr Clare Sutton, Cllr Les Fry, Cllr Paul Kimber SOME Dorset councillors say they will not be forced back into council offices when the Government rules change on May 7. Dorset Council has said that even if it has to hold meetings in person, as the Government expects, there will not be room for all councillors, officers, public and press to meet safely, either for full council meetings, or most committees. Instead the authority is investigating holding fewer meetings and delegating more decision making to a handful of cabinet members, or senior council officers, where its powers allow.