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Dispatches ~ Wirral Council’s alleged Contract Impropriety and Subsequent Whitewash

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

17th June 2013 Wirral Council appears in Channel Four Dispatches programme about “How Councils Waste Our Money”.  Link to Wirral section here: What wasn’t mentioned here is that two of the suspended officers, David Green and David Taylor Smith, have … Continue reading →

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Frank Field blames “Too many people making Freedom of Information requests” for Wirral Council’s ongoing failure

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

17th June 2013 Link to audio: Frank Field also contributes to the Dispatches programme, aired last Monday night. Although the news was 3 days old, Tony Snell didn’t question Frank Field about the obscene six figure sum that had been … Continue reading →

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UPDATED – Former suspended officers David Green and David Taylor Smith are ££Paid off

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

26th February 2014 More information here, including dates of departure for pastures new. 14th June 2013 Former Director of Wirral Highways, David Green, the senior officer who…. brought bogus “bullying” charges against me in 2003, but with no comeback; forced … Continue reading →

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Public Servants With Attitudes (not nice ones, yikes!)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

7th June 2013 Whitewash news… The investigator into, “Why a senior Wirral Council Officer failed to declare an interest”, er…… fails to declare an interest https://t.co/alygqdiFlZ — Wirral In It 2gether (@Wirral_In_It) June 19, 2013 Today, I discovered my local … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about stress. This man looks stressed, but he’s upsetting our advertisers, so let’s ban him…

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

29th May 2013 Here’s a link to a section of The Guardian online.  This is the weekly live Q&A “open” forum discussion – on a subject of interest to Local Government employees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2013/may/28/local-government-careers-practice?commentpage=1 This is usually a forum for experts … Continue reading →

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How Wirral Council disposed of me when I blew the whistle in spring 2003

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

[VIDEO] [VIDEO] The Time I Resigned From Wirral Council in 2003 Some history Back around April 2003, David Green, former Director of the Technical Services Department (Highways) suspended me, when I was an Assistant Engineer, working for Highways.  I’d been employed within the Street … Continue reading →

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SEE HOW WIRRAL COUNCILLORS FILLED THEIR POCKETS BACK IN 2002 / 2003 – SHOCKING !! LOTS OF THESE COUNCILLORS e.g. Stuart Kelly, ARE STILL THERE NOW, 20 YEARS LATER !!

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

First, read this Freedom of Information request to Wirral Council: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/details_of_up_to_36_increases_to …..Here’s how the Don Latham, “local government consultancy” worked: To set a new (i.e. increased) allowance rate for councillors, Wirral Far Right leader Steve Foulkes operated an Independent Remuneration … Continue reading →

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#FoI request – Illegal Four Week Delay Investigator – Was he rewarded with a job?

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

The following FoI request was lodged back in February this year: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/rob_vickers_illegal_4_week_delay#incoming-384080 The request followed the customary “Wirral Way”.  Not all information was provided, and still hasn’t been, but following internal review, two months on, the ‘day rate’ for the … Continue reading →

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Are Wirral’s 66 elected members beyond democratic scrutiny? Apparently, yes…

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

12th December 2013 I’ve had an answer to the FoI request below and have updated the article here It’s now being appealed to the Information Commissioner’s Office. 24th April 2013 I placed this Freedom of Information request in late March … Continue reading →

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UPDATE – #FoI request ~ Findings From 3 Month Monitoring of Wirral Council

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

My latest Freedom of Information request.  This one is made to the Information Commissioner’s office: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/findings_from_3_month_monitoring From: Paul Cardin 10 April 2013 Dear Information Commissioner’s Office, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council was the only UK local authority to be monitored by … Continue reading →

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