The administration has rushed through its new centralised meeting arrangements so hurriedly that officers seem to be having difficulty keeping up with it all

The agenda and papers for Monday’s scrutiny meeting were not put up on the website till 11.15 that morning, yet any member of the public wishing to speak or ask questions was expected to alert officers last week. One of the agenda items was on the new democratic arrangements, namely area forums!

Let’s hope we soon see an increased commitment from the ruling party to involve the public at future meetings!