Category Archives: Whistleblowing

National Audit Office report – Making a Whistleblowing Policy Work

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

This report, a long time in the making, was published today by the National Audit Office: http://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Making-a-whistleblowing-policy-work.pdf One of the recurring themes within it points to a failure by government bodies to correctly acknowledge whistleblowers, to register their issues, to act on … Continue reading →

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15 months on, an answer is in for my FoI request about former CEO Jim Wilkie

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Like previous favoured ex-employees, former Chief executive Jim Wilkie is having his personal information AND privacy jealously guarded by his former employer, Wirral Council.  In fact they’ve gone way beyond the extra mile once again. Remember when it took over a YEAR to … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council’s facilitation of whistleblowers

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Attention all whistleblowers!! An “approachable” Wirral councillor stands tall as the person to go to directly.   I hear this person is “yer man”, and his record speaks for itself.  If you’re a fledgling whistleblower, slightly unsure, but determined to make an … Continue reading →

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Am I a maker of “vexatious requests” ?

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

26th June 2014 UPDATE – Wirral Council have capitulated, and have now withdrawn ALL their ‘vexatious’ refusals targetted against me.  Not content with this however, monitoring officer Surjit Tour, head of the legal “team” has made a veiled threat on … Continue reading →

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Sir David Nicholson ~ Life in a Bubble

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

So there we have it.  Another polished masterclass in well-prepared denial has been stealthily delivered; by three devoted servants of the dark arts, all handsomely paid and all now vanishingly distant from the man on the street they are reputed … Continue reading →

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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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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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UPDATED – 345 English Councils’ compromise agreements – with gagging clauses – How did your council score?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

https://wirralinittogether.blog/2020/11/27/some-genuinely-toxic-individuals-are-still-overseeing-the-appointment-of-crooked-senior-officers-at-wirral-council-where-will-it-all-end/ *STOP PRESS* 3rd April 2016 BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates are covering compromise agreements today at 11AM.  Link to details here: Radio 5 Live Investigates – Settlement Agreements and Gagging Clauses 2nd April 2013 – The Daily Telegraph publishes … Continue reading →

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Martin Morton appears on Radio Five Live – Stephen Nolan – 16th February 2013

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

16th February 2013 https://soundcloud.com/wirral-leaks/the-price-of-whistleblowing Tonight, Wirral Council whistleblower Martin Morton appeared on the Stephen Nolan programme on Radio Five Live.  He gave a compelling and at times disturbing account of the atrocious treatment he’d received both before and after going … Continue reading →

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