Councillors in North Tyneside have pledged to restore “honesty, integrity, and respect” into local politics following a series of campaign scandals.
The borough's politicians made the pledge last week, after outrage in June when a website run by a Tory councillor branded a former deputy mayor the area's “laziest Labour councillor” following a spell of illness that forced him to vacate his seat.
Labour put forward a motion at a full council meeting last Thursday, which was also backed by the Conservative opposition, calling for parties to treat each other with respect, not impersonate rival parties or the media, and "uphold the highest standards of integrity".
