We're required under the Local Government Act 2000 to make our constitution available for inspection at our offices and to publish it on our website.
The constitution includes information about:
- the way we operate
- how we make decisions
- the procedures that we follow to make sure that any decisions we make are efficient, transparent and accountable to people who live in the borough.
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