Public Consultation Remote Meetings and Proxy Voting (lasts 8 weeks from 24th Oct 2024)

Public Consultation Remote Meetings and Proxy Voting (lasts 8 weeks from 24th Oct 2024)

At the moment all local councillors are required by law to attend Parish and Town Council meetings in person. The Government is now consulting on introducing powers for Parish and Town Councils to apply to the relevant authority for a dispensation to attend formal council meetings remotely and vote by proxy in certain circumstances. Your council can agree to submit an agreed response on behalf of the Council to this consultation. Equally all Councillors can also submit a response individually. Full details can be found here:-

Enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings – GOV.UK