Opinion divided among Arun councillors on filming council meetings

At an overview select committee where opinion was often divided, councillors debated the virtues of meetings being recorded and the challenges it could pose.

The Local Audit and Accountability Bill will make it legal to film and record council meetings and is due to be considered by a House of Commons committee later this month.

At the overview meeting, last Tuesday, some Arun councillors expressed concern that the legislation might lead members of the public to make their own, potentially doctored, recordings.

For the full story, read the Littlehampton Gazette, out from Thursday, November 21.