West Northamptonshire Council opposition councillors stage walk-out as private rented sector housing call-in fails at scrutiny committee

West Northamptonshire Council opposition councillors stage walk-out as private rented sector housing call-in fails at scrutiny committee

Opposition councillors on West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) staged a walkout at a meeting, claiming pre-prepared speeches had been read out regarding a key housing homeless policy document.

Councillors walk out over ‘pre-prepared’ speeches in ‘shambles’ scrutiny meeting

By Nadia Lincoln, local democracy reporterLast night’s meeting has been dubbed a ‘shambles’Opposition councillors walked out of a west unitary council meeting claiming pre-prepared speeches had been read out regarding a key housing homeless policy document that was under scrutiny.The walk out happened last night at the call in meeting to discuss the new guidelines for how the Reform Uk run West Northamptonshire Council could possibly send househ…