Complaints made against a councillor are set to be discussed in private next week.

Maldon District Councils Joint Standards Committee will discuss the complaints in a meeting on Tuesday (October 27).

The press and public will be excluded from the meeting before the item is heard.

No further information about the complaint has yet been given, or which councillor it involves.

This follows a string of complaints made against district councillors in recent months including former council leader Adrian Fluker who was found to have breached the code on conduct and banned from sitting on committees for 12 months.

An independent report found he had bullied and humiliated a fellow councillor.

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