Councillors were booed by angry protesters as they arrived for a chaotic meeting to approve the next step in introducing parking charges in town centres across East Lothian today.

Dozens of objectors gathered outside Haddington Town House waving placards and shouting at councillors to ‘do the right thing’ as they entered the building with passing cars and vans honking their horns in support.

Within half an hour of the meeting getting underway in the council chamber Provost John McMillan called a halt as the noise from protesters threatened at times to drown out the discussions among council officers and elected members.

Councillor McMillan appealed to members of the public who had come into the chamber to ask protesters outside to quieten down and allow them to go through the proces

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