A council is expected to overhaul its anti-bullying procedures after accusations of officers exerting controlling behaviour over members.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s new policy, which will be discussed by councillors later this month, will lay down a ‘zero-tolerance approach to bullying, harassment, victimisation and discrimination’.
The policy pledges ‘complaints will be taken seriously and appropriate action taken’.
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