Green councillors raise alarm over local authorities shutting down scrutiny during coronavirus crisis 22nd May 2020 / 22nd May 2020 by sallypickering Green Party councillors have raised serious concerns that some local authorities are using the coronavirus epidemic to avoid scrutiny over their decision-making. In a survey of 372 Green Party councillors representing wards on principal authorities across the country, more than half of respondents said the councils they were elected to were not maintaining proper scrutiny […] Read more ยป council scrutiny