Politics Hundreds of complaints made against North Yorkshire councillors last year including refusal to sign get well soon card By Thomas Barrett, Local Democracy Reporting Service Published 12th Jul 2024, 10:13 BST Comment Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now A refusal to sign a get well soon card, allegations that a meeting was “shouty and sweary” and poor email etiquette were among the bizarre reasons councillors in North Yorkshire faced official complaints last year. A report that went before North Yorkshire Council’s standards and governance committee referred to the hundreds of complaints made against councillors and said officials were struggling to cope with the sheer volume of them. From April 2023 until June 2024, the council received 223 complaints regarding the conduct of elected members.
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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. It said a “high proportion” of these were related to just three parish councils but the names of these were deemed to be confidential. From April 2023 until June 2024, North Yorksh.