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Ofwat has also appointed an independent monitor to supervise Thames Water as it attempts its turnaround.

If the vote is carried without cross-community support, the government has committed to ordering an independent review of the post-Brexit arrangements and their implications.

In evidence given by an independent psychiatrist at his inquest in October, the jury heard how side effects to the new drugs could have made his behaviour worse.

The Treasury says the panels will "bring an independent view to what government spend is or isn't necessary, with a mixture of expertise from local delivery partners, think tanks, academic experts and private sector backgrounds".

Edinburgh city council said it dealt with complaints through "established processes" in consultation with an independent whistleblowing service and, where appropriate, Police Scotland.