General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

The question is frequently heard on here. “Why is Wigan council doing this / that / the other”? and, “Why do the councillors let them do this / that / the other”?

Well, that is what the government tells the council they must do.

Example: if a developer wants to develop, in Wigan borough, say, and the residents don’t like about it, so they tell the councillors to object at the planning meeting.
The councillors object, on behalf of their electorate.
The council refer the councillors to the government’s policy and tell the councillors they must agree to the permission, otherwise the developer will quote government policy at appeal, win, and cost the council a fortune.

But the councillors always get blamed.