Plain English call over council `mumbo jumbo'.(News)

From: The Journal (Newcastle, England) | Date: March 31, 2006 | Copyright information

Civic centre bosses should be sent on training courses to learn to translate their "corporate mumbo jumbo" into plain English, a councillor claimed last night.

Newcastle councillor Stephen Lambert says reports produced by the authority are full of "impenetrable jargon".

The Labour councillor's plea will be tabled at a city council meeting next week. It ...

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