Female councillors have been left "in tears" due to comments made by other members of Northumberland County Council, it has been claimed.
A report by the outgoing Local Government Association's Challenge Board, which has been overseeing the authority's implementation of a range of recommendations contained in the damning Max Caller report, highlighted the issue to members at a meeting of full council on Wednesday.
The report acknowledged that progress has been made since the Caller report was published last summer, but noted that some female councillors were struggling to have their voices heard at the authority.
