Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ronnie Campbell (Labour), on Monday, 7 July 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 15 members in total.

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EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNCIL

That this House condemns the decision by nine Conservative councillors in Northumberland to call an extraordinary meeting of the Council at an estimated cost to the taxpayer of £45,000 to seek to overturn a democratic decision taken by a Labour council which has to make savings of £130 million over the next four years because of Government cuts; notes that the decision to call the meeting was taken against the advice of senior officers at the Council and may leave the Council open to legal challenge at a further cost to the public purse; further notes that cuts in Northumberland so far have meant 1,500 job losses and cuts in services to the value of £259 per family; and calls on Northumberland Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to explain why they consider £45,000 spent on a meeting which has been described by senior officers at the Council as 'an exercise in Punch and Judy politics' is a good use of scarce public funds.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

217 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Dennis Skinner

Alan Meale

Kelvin Hopkins

Virendra Sharma

Ian Lavery

Subjects

Local government

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk