He was suspended for three months from a planning committee for failing to declare interests over applications lobbied on by his MLA employer
A DUP councillor sanctioned in a standards watchdog probe is having his legal bill covered by a council insurance policy costing ratepayers almost £30,000 a year.
It has now emerged the council has an insurance policy which covers Mr Smyth's legal costs in the long-running case. The council was unable to confirm how much the legal costs were in Mr Smyth's case, saying it "does not hold the information regarding that legal bill". Get the latest politics news and analysis in your inbox Want the biggest political stories sent straight to you?
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