DOI Minister accused of negligence in election vote row
Fri, 23 Jul 2021
By Chris Cave - Local Democracy Reporter
A councillor has accused Tim Baker of negligence over yesterday’s local authority elections.
It’s after the infrastructure minister revealed there were no plans in place to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on the ballot.
Hundreds were prevented from voting due to self-isolation rules.
Andrew Bentley says there’s no excuse for not anticipating the problems:
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