Public Affairs

Question 1

What type of colour councils are there?

Answer 1

Either a two tier system a county council working with a network of district or borough council underneath it
Or single unitary

Question 2

In a two tier system what does a county councils do

Answer 2

The county council provides 
Education 
Child protection and Adult social care 
Highway road building and maintenance 
Waste disposal 
 Strategies planing emergency planning 
Culture leisure services  libraries and swimming pools
Passengers  transport  buses standards

Question 3

In two tier system

What does a lower tier district or borough council do?

Answer 3

The district and borough provide environmental health
planning local strategic developmental housing waste collection
car park collection of council tax and uniform business rate
licensing
monitoring NHS services

Question 4

And what does a unitary authority do?

Answer 4

All councils function

Question 5

What type of council do we have here ( Northampton)

Answer 5

Two tier

Northamptonshire county council working with a network of district or borough councils
Northampton borough council Corby borough council daventry districts council south Northamptonshire council borough council of Wellingborough

Question 6

Where does power lie in council

Answer 6

Leader of the council and their cabinet or

Directly elected mayor and their cabinet

Question 7

Or the directly elected mayor

Answer 7

This person is elected directly by the voters for the specific job if running the council
They appointed a cabinet from the councillors elected to the council

Question 8

The point of directly elected mayors

Answer 8

Was to boost the dismal turnout go council elections by making it personal

Question 9

Candidates for mayor Hartlepool 2002

Answer 9

Labour
Conservatives
Liberal Democrat

And the joke candidates H Angus the monkey mascot for Hartlepool F.C. who promised free bananas for every school child

Question 10

What is deference between
Councillor
Council officer

Answer 10

Councillor are politicians who get elected to server on councils they represent ward small areas in the district the policy election are held every four year they may not have any expertise in council matters

Council officers the paid employee of council politically neutral its is their job to advise councillor and then carry out councillor decision

Question 11

How the media should report election

Answer 11

Ideally 
Fair objective 
Accurately
Informatively
Interestingly

Question 12

Campaign for election and referendum all of profound public interest

Answer 12

Print and online

Free to be as biased as the wish

Question 13

Independent press standards organisation editors code of practice says

Answer 13

The press while free to editorialise and campaign must distinguish clearly between comment conjecture

Question 14

Broadcaster must be impartial

Answer 14

Each broadcasting authority must publish a code of practice that will apply from calling of an election referendum to close of voting

They have to consult the election commission
They have a free hand to make editorial decisions but
They must be strictly impartial and candidates from leading parties given equal p

Question 15

Rule of broadcasters

Answer 15

Due weight to given to leading politicians parties
No candidates to be newsreader presenter or interviewer
Reports on particular constituency must observe due impartiality
Full list of candidates standing in any constituency reported on must be published online or on air with name first name party

Question 16

All the broadcasters have to report about the politics on Election Day

Answer 16

Voting is happening
Party leaders at voting
The weather

Question 17

Election law for all journalists

Answer 17

Four key offences
Making false statement about the candidates character or conduct
Falsely reporting that a candidate has withdrawn
Publishing and exit poll while people are still voting
Publishing unauthorised advertisements

Question 18

Representation of people act 1983

Answer 18

It’s an offence to public a false statement about a candidate people personal character or conduct with a view to affecting the vote
It’s an offences to publish statement
That a candidate has withdrawn from an election
Summary offence punishable by fine and five year ban on voting

Question 19

What the crown prosecution services

Answer 19

Statement was one fact not opinion
It’s was about candidate characters or personal behaviour not their Political beliefs
Purpose was harm candidate election chanc s statement was untrue