"Deeply embarrassing" error forces council to cancel all meetings

All council meetings at City of York Council were called off last week after a member of the public found the local authority had failed to post required public notices outside council buildings.

The council made the decision to cancel the meetings for the week (10 - 15 October) after local campaigner, Gwen Swinburn, alerted it to its failure to post the public notice.

A total of seven meetings were cancelled or postponed.

Director of Governance at City of York Council, Bryn Roberts, said it was the second time in recent weeks "that basic procedures have not been properly followed in relation to calling meetings".

He added: "That is completely unacceptable as well as deeply embarrassing for us. Managers have taken steps to ensure this cannot happen again, and we are extremely sorry for any inconvenience this has caused."

Adam Carey