m. Complaints about councillors

Complaints received about a councillor which allege a breach of the Code of Conduct MUST be forwarded to the district council's Monitoring Officer.

Similarly, an internal grievance raised by a member of council staff that includes allegations of a breach of the Code by a member(s) must be sent to the MO, unless the grievance can be resolved by the informal process in the Council's grievance procedure. This follows a judgement in the case of Harvey v Ledbury Town Council (2018).

N.B. NALC have issued an advice note on their website - Judicial review claim brought against Ledbury Town Council 

[To access the NALC website you will need to set up an individual account (SALC members only).  Video guidance on how to do this is available here - https://youtu.be/zapNDmP8jjY?si=jtXhLh0Wm5ANHrO4]https://youtu.be/zapNDmP8jjY?si=jtXhLh0Wm5ANHrO4]