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Future Forum North: Monitoring officers need 'seat at top table'

More work is needed to bolster the role of the monitoring officer in councils, the MJ Future Forum North has heard.

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By Martin Ford | 08 December 2023

More work is needed to bolster the role of the monitoring officer in councils, the MJ Future Forum North has heard.

A panel at the event in Manchester discussed the need for senior officers to hold the statutory role.

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