Summary
A senior Birmingham politician who referred to asylum seekers as "scumbags" has been cleared of bringing the city council into disrepute.
Local government watchdog, the Standards Board for England, ruled that cabinet housing member John Lines had not broken a code of conduct which requires councillors to treat people with respect at all times when he gave an outspoken interview to a magazine.See the full content of this document
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'Scumbags' Remark Did Not Break Council Code of Conduct
Coun Lines (Con Bartley Green) told the Defence Management Journal it was wrong that asylum seekers were given preferential...
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