Slough Council finances: "No one is being held accountable" says opposition sloughobserver.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sloughobserver.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
"Unlikely" for Slough Council to recover costs to remove Grenfell cladding sloughobserver.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sloughobserver.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cllr Dexter Smith called for the opposition to have greater scrutiny powers
THE opposition scold Slough Council’s Labour administration for continuing to appoint members from the ruling group to chair all committees. The council has six scrutiny panels, which tasks members to scrutinise and hold the cabinet, portfolio holders, and officers to account for their decisions and work, as well as other committees such as planning, licensing, etc. Despite a few panels having vice-chairs from the opposing Conservative Party, such as the audit and corporate governance committee, all committees and panels are chaired by councillors from the ruling Labour Party.
Opposition parties have criticised the council for allowing a vital meeting into the handling of its finances to go-ahead despite viewers being unable to watch .
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