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Originally Posted by JCB
Is the Cabinet statutory , or is it a system created by Hyndburn Council itself ? I have concerns about it within a democracy .
I also have concerns about the Full Council meetings , which I think should be monthly at least , about Emergency Powers , about the power of the Leader , and about the Overview and Scrutiny committees.
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You might want to try asking your cousin, one Cllr Dobson.
Cabinet is a system that we have adopted and would work quite well were it not for the man at the top who keeps people in check with the carrot of financially-rewarding positions and the stick of losing them.
I am on the Overview and Scrutiny committee for resources and they are very unforgiving, even those from the Conservative side. The problem is that they barely have influence, let alone power, so any Cabinet decisions can still only be criticised, not changed. They have managed to refine certain policies over the years, however, but it does strongly depend on the whims of the Cabinet.
The only way to reform that is to reform the way that decisions are voted on and this council is not going to kick away the struts which gave it power.