Changes to Council Allowances Slip in Under the Wire

The newly elected Brent Council will meet for the first time on 14 May.  One of the items will be the level of allowances, which are to be the subject of a report circulated separately as a supplementary.  This has the effect of meaning that there is not the same scope for publicity for whatever is in that report than there would normally be if it were circulated well in advance.

Similarly the recommended calendar of Council meetings will also be taken as a supplementary as well as most of the other reports.  If quite predictable things such as a calendar of meetings are to be subject to circulation as a supplementary it does not to undermine the whole point of a statutory notice period for the agenda.