The HDC ‘Top Five’ Melt-Down an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on one of the County’s best-kept secrets. ~~~~~ Background On the morning of Friday 17th February 2012, Mr Peter SIMPSON – who, until that moment, had [...]
LCC Legal Eagles’ £4M By-Law Crash-Landing an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on Lincolnshire County Council’s FOIA 13726308 response, disclosing something less than ‘value for money’. ~~~~~ Background Readers may already be familiar with the general theme [...]
HDC: The Final Whistle an “In My View “ article by NIGEL WARD, up-dating readers on the bunker days of Hambleton District Council’s ‘Top Five’ corporate directors as they flounder through their attempts to keep the lid on a “whistle-blower’s” [...]
HDC: Bang For Your Buck? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining what kind of “bang for your buck” the residents of Hambleton are getting. “No comment!” from the ‘Top Five’. ~~~~~ Within half an hour of publication [...]
HDC Whistle-Blower: Who Dunnit? Who Hid It? Own up! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD outlining the “ins and outs” of the Hambleton District Council “Whistleblower’s charter”. ~~~~~ “Whistle-blowing” is a common parlance term that signifies what is [...]
CYC Leader Cllr. James ALEXANDER – Assault Allegations an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the progress of an extraordinary FOIA request concerning allegations of an assault by City of York Council Leader Councillor James ALEXANDER [Lab.]. [...]
ELN Capitulates On Filming & Formal Complaints an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on one very welcome small step in the process of dragging Exelby, Leeming & Newton Parish Council into the 21st Century – albeit, kicking [...]
Hambleton District Council: The Zero Hours Con-Trick an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, exposing the truth behind the HDC ‘Top Five’ Senior Officers salary increases and the much-vaunted “Hambleton Living Wage”. ~~~~ I write to offer a general [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Ian WATKINS of Bedale, in the District of Hambleton, who writes regarding his own investigations into the Hambleton District Council Senior Officers’ extraordinarily large salary increases. ~~~~~ Dear Mr Editor, I thought your Readers [...]
HDC: Open Letter to CEO Phil MORTON an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, presenting an Open Letter to the Chief Exec of Hambleton District Council, PHIL MORTON, summoning him to appear in the Court of Public Opinion. ~~~~~ [...]
