Making politics work for people

Aberdeenshire Council first restricted the rights of councillors to put forward Motions to Full Council and now are restricting the right of councillors to ask questions of the administration in public.  This reduces public accountability.

There is one thing all people, who seek to represent the public, must remember - politicians work for people not the other way round.

An important role for councillors is to scrutinise and challenge the way the Council operates and the decisions that are taken.  If there are robust reasons for doing things, then there is nothing to fear from challenge.  We hope the newly elected Administration, however that is constituted, will be more open and accountable than the previous complacent Tory/LibDem one.