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Council upset parishes over area partnership

Angry parish councillors in Northumberland have accused the county council of reneging on a promise to consult them properly over the establishment of a key umbrella organisation. A cluster of parishes claim they were not allowed effective input to the process which led to the formation of the North Northumberland Area Partnership (NNAP) – which [...]

Councillors ‘Misled’ Over Bypass Decision

Burton and Dalby Parish Council used a Freedom of Information request for details used to inform borough councillors on whether to choose the north or south option for the first part of a bypass. Melton Council opted for the northern route which will be funded by 1,000 homes. But in a letter to Lynn Aisbett, [...]

Council Officers Launch Tory Candidate Complaints

Council bosses are investigating a string of sleaze and bad behaviour allegations against four top Tory councillors. KentOnline can reveal the four are facing separate accusations of bullying, kerb-crawling and disreputable behaviour in Medway. A parish councillor in Allhallows has also been accused of illegally witholding information from the public and being rude to one [...]

Councillors accuse Council over cheap property deal

Following a £7.35million sale of Bishops Stortford town centre property, East Hertfordshire District Council is now under scrutiny amidst claims that the Council have short-changed citizens. The Council are accused of selling two car parks to a development firm at a reduced price to elude paying a £1.7million bill for repairing another building – the [...]

Council awards employees whilst cutting services

During the past 3 years, Wolverhampton City Council has spent over £125K of Council Taxpayers money on award ceremonies for Council employees. The huge sum of money was used to hire ceremony venues, catering staff and the purchase of trophy prizes and gift vouchers at a time when the Council is drastically reducing services to [...]

Councillors breach conduct code over planning application

A tribunal established that a Councillor’s actions could be regarded as likely to compromise the impartiality of Council Officers. Deputy Leader of the Isle of Wight Council, Patrick Joyce, was found guilty of breaching the Council’s Members Code of Conduct when making deliberation on a planning application sought by Ms Anne Bishop, who is also [...]

Council dealt with complaints in secrecy

During the past five years Bournemouth Council have dealt with, in secrecy, 28 complaints of misconduct against Councillors, which included allegations of bullying, improper comments to female employees and appearing to be intoxicated. However, other Councillors have become infuriated with the Council’s Chief Executive’s action to consider and determine complaints in private including that of [...]