We asked a couple of weeks ago why it apparently took 2 Labour Councillors to nod through a decision on protecting the Punch Bowl pub in the Groves from predator developers.

Residents wanted the Council to make an Article 4 direction on the Punch Bowl pub in The Groves. This simply means that if a supermarket or other chain targets the building then they are required to go through a full planning application process.

It took 2 Councillors, 2 meetings to agree that this was as sensible safeguard

There remains some doubt about whether the new Cabinet members have actually been properly appointed. There has been no Leader or Urgency meeting convened at which new Cabinet appointments, job titles and responsibilities might have been rubber stamped