The Closure of Durham City Council Charities
Dear Durham County Council,
Please provide me with a copy of the Report of Corporate Director of Resources into the Closure of Durham City Council Charities, which is to be considered at the special Cabinet meeting on Wednesday 14 March 2018.
Yours faithfully,
Roger Cornwell
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Dear Mr Cornwell
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Response to request for information
FOI20186604RC
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Roger Cornwell left an annotation ()
I have now received all of the information (note: you will have to click the button to show all of the attachments in order to see Appendix 3). What is odd is that this report was considered in a closed meeting, but there's nothing in the information disclosed to show why it should not have been considered in an open meeting.