HALF of Worcester's city councillors say they do not feel involved enough with important decision making at the Guildhall.

An in-house survey suggests as many as 50 per cent of its elected politicians are either "not very engaged" or "not engaged at all" in the process, despite being elected by the public.

The questions, which 20 of the city's 35 councillors took part in, also found 35 per cent felt fellow members only "partially" understood how to influence decision making and understood how it works.

The findings come just one month after the council decided to abandon the current cabinet leadership, which is being ripped up in May and replaced with a committee system.

The decision, which was forced through by the Conservatives and Greens against the wishes of the Labour Party, came despite an in-house scrutiny review of governance being yet to finish.

But the review has now published its findings, with the survey highlighting the stark difference in opinion across the council.

It says there are "clear splits" across the political divide about the current way of working.

When asked 'do you think the current leader and cabinet system works well', 50 per cent said yes and 50 per cent said no - with all the positive answers coming from Labour councillors and all the rest, from the opposition.

A whopping 75 per cent said they felt the current system could be improved, with 15 per cent being unsure and just 10 per cent stating it could not be bettered.

Only five per cent said they thought the public actually understand the current system, with 95 per cent believing they found it confusing.

The final report refuses to make any recommendations to the council on what governance model to use, but does call for "a cultural change" to and "greater cross-party working" so more of them feel involved.

It also calls for better information to be released around "key decision and policy developments", including making greater use of the internet for both members of the public and councillors to keep them better informed.

The findings will be discussed by the scrutiny committee next Wednesday, January 4 from 7pm at the Guildhall.

See the findings HERE.