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Our local Parish council is controlled by a husband and wife team one the Parish Clerk and the other the Parish Chairman. Is this allowed?
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I'm not aware of any specific rules on the matter, although it does obviously raise potential problems.

The only specific consideration is that the chairman would obviously have a strong personal interest in anything to do with the employment of the clerk, and would be expected to declare that interest and withdraw from the discussion.
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