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Two councillors resign from Labour criticising its lurch to the right (morningstaronline.co.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] flamingos@ukfli.uk 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You consider two councillors that make decisions for just under 300K people to be non-entities? What does someone have to be to be worth reporting on for you?

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Councillors represent wards within that area. These two probably represent about 10k-ish people each?

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

The majority group in a council usually forms the cabinet, which makes most local decisions for an area.