A SPECIAL meeting of Burnley council will be held early next year to discuss the findings of the Task Force report into the summer violence in the town.

Lord Tony Clarke, independent chairman of the Task Force, will be invited to attend.

Large numbers of the public are also expected to be at the meeting on January 30. So many are expected that council members tomorrow will be asked whether they want to hold the meeting somewhere such as the Mechanics rather than the council chamber to allow access to more members of the public.

The special council meeting is one of a number of meetings being held in response to the Task Force findings.

The report criticised the council saying there wasn't enough healthy debate in the Burnley Council chamber and that certain maverick councillors had a bad influence over other members.

It said there was a lack of overall strategic political vision in the council and some had claimed there appeared to be no overall political leadership in the town.

The Task force also expressed the belief that as a priority multi-cultured structures should be set up borough wide.

Council chief executive Dr Gillian Taylor will tomorrow ask the council to agree to a process for dealing with the Task Force recommendations.

She said: "There is clearly much in the Task force's report and action plan which members will want to discuss."

The report will be formally received by the council tomorrow.

Members of the executive will discuss its findings at a meeting on January 8 and a community conference will be held at Turf Moor on January 10.