Blears pledges to act over police panel 'gag'

摘要

Communities secretary, Hazel Blears, has pledged to look into complaints that councillors are being 'frozen out' of police neighbourhood panels. Her promise was made during a breakfast debate on the findings of the Councillors' Commission last week, organised by The MJ. The pledge followed an article in The MJ (24 January) by Conservative councillor, Nick Cuff, who complained the Metropolitan Police had issued a draft constitution to its safer neighbourhood police panels, barring councillors from voting rights.