Three complaints issued against unnamed Northumberland county councillors by senior officers are set to progress to a local hearing following a unanimous vote by the authority's standards committee.
It comes after the Max Caller report into governance at the council identified some "inappropriate use" of the conduct complaint process by officers against members and pointed to a "culture of mistrust" at the council.
The complaints in question had already been investigated, but due to the Caller report's findings an issue arose as to whether they should now progress to the hearing stage.
