Tag Archives: Wirral Council

David Green – the Director’s not for returning…?

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

UPDATE   24th April 2013 Increasingly, it’s looking like David Green, former Director of Technical Services, will not be returning to Wirral Council after all…. BREAKING NEWS – 14th January 2013 Liverpool Echo The figures are in for the costs of … Continue reading →

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#FoI Request ~ Departure of Chief Internal Auditor David Garry from Wirral Council

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

THIS IS AN ALLEGEDLY “VEXATIOUS” REQUEST → 18th October 2012 http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/departure_of_chief_internal_audi See also this related blog post Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, On 17th October 2012, it finally became public knowledge that disgraced Chief Internal Auditor David Garry – who … Continue reading →

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#FoI request ~ Unscrutinised Machinations; Suspended Director of Law Departs Wirral Council

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

THIS IS AN ALLEGEDLY “VEXATIOUS” REQUEST → 17th October 2012 http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/unscrutinised_machinations_permi/new See also this related blog post Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, On 17th October 2012, it became public knowledge that suspended Director of Law, Bill Norman had received permission, … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council’s 4 Week Delay helpline investigation – was it ‘INDEPENDENT’?

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

UPDATE   8th March 2013 http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10277667.SPECIAL_REPORT__Four_week_care_delay_inquiry_branded_a__whitewash_/ The above link is to an article from today’s Wirral Globe, revealing the late publication of the choreographed Four Week Delay whitewash.  This non-independent and thoroughly insulting report is held at the following location on … Continue reading →

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#FoI Request ~ Secret agreement allowing suspended Ian Coleman to leave Wirral Council

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

5th October 2012 The FoI request:  http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/secret_agreement_allowing_suspen More on Coleman here, from the Local Government Chronicle, including some far-fetched guff about how it would cost the public over a million “if we don’t act decisively in their interest.” It’s not … Continue reading →

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#FoI Request ~ to Wirral Council. Departure of CEO Jim Wilkie

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

7th June 2012 This was the date of departure of Chief Executive Jim Wilkie from Wirral Council. It occurred a few hours before the release on the 8th June of the long awaited damning District Auditor’s report into the multi-million … Continue reading →

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#FoI request ~ Discovery of Wirral Council’s failure to record compromise agreements

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

“Let’s hide away everyone.  Because then…. ….it’s not really happening” → Total numbers for Compromise Agreements (full & final settlements for departing employees) I lodged a previous request on this subject back in January 2011.  This was one of 345 separate requests made to … Continue reading →

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UPDATED ~ Compromise Agreements ~ Wirral Council’s reckless approach ~ also, how the District Auditor is sitting on his hands

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

THIS IS AN ALLEGEDLY “VEXATIOUS” FOI REQUEST → https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/with_compromise_agreements_not_b#comment-44139 Compromise Agreements ~ 19th September 2012 Today, within a much larger list of items, a detailed Internal Auditor’s report was presented to a meeting of councillors at Wirral Council (The Audit … Continue reading →

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UPDATED – Analysis of 14 Freedom of Information requests to Wirral Council – verdict is not good…

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

I don’t profess to be an expert where Data & Information Governance are concerned.  I have a layman’s self-taught appreciation of FOIA and DPA.  Experts will find fault in the following analysis, but I hope I’ve covered the basics OK.  … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: Wirral Councillor humiliates himself AGAIN. Trashes a critic… then breaches his data privacy

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Wirral In It Together

On 17th August I had a moment of weakness, and posted a comment to the following website: http://seacombelabour.org/ Normally I wouldn’t associate myself with two bit party political setups, but on this occasion, curiosity got the better of me.  I’d … Continue reading →

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