Tory councillor is slammed for performing senior role from Panama 5,000 miles away

Tory councillor is slammed for performing senior role from Panama 5,000 miles away where he plans to set up home Andrew Atkinson is the lead member for Wrexham Council’s children’s services But he has been performing his duties from 5,000 miles away in Panama The long-distance working arrangement has been savaged by critics  By Dan Sales … Read more

Disgraced former Health Secretary Matt Hancock faces call to resign by constituency councillor

‘Let’s deselect selfish and egotistical Matt Hancock’: Disgraced former Health Secretary faces call to resign by constituency councillor as backlash over clinch with aide grows Tory councillor Ian Houlder has called for Matt Hancock to be deselected as MP The West Suffolk Council member said his behaviour had gone ‘beyond the pale’ Mr Houlder wrote … Read more

Darlington Tory councillor facing misconduct hearing for sharing Facebook meme about slavery

Tory councillor who shared Facebook meme saying ‘white slaves were sold for centuries’ is facing misconduct probe Pauline Culley broke Darlington Borough Council’s code of conduct last year The councillor since 2014 shared a meme that read ‘white slaves were sold’ Opposition councillors said meme suggested black suffering was insignificant  By Emer Scully For Mailonline … Read more

Moment ‘pilfering’ Labour councillor ‘is caught on doorbell camera STEALING Tory election leaflet

Moment ‘pilfering’ Labour councillor ‘is caught on doorbell camera STEALING Tory election leaflet from letterbox’ as she delivers her own party’s campaign material Councillor Rachael Ellis spotted on a constituent’s doorbell camera stealing  She strides up to letterbox and rummages before removing Conservative leaflet  Then shoves Labour leaflet through the flap before calmly walking away   … Read more

Councillor calls rival ‘you silly girl’ during Zoom meeting

A councillor has been forced to attend equality training after he called a rival ‘you silly girl’ when he forgot to mute his microphone during a Zoom meeting. Michael McMullen was overheard making the ‘misogynistic’ and ‘inappropriate remark’ while East Herts District Council voted on a council budget on March 2. The footage captured Labour councillor Mary Brady as … Read more

Councillor faces jail over dispute with neighbours who he dubbed ‘The Tart’ and ‘The Peeping Tom’

A councillor who labelled his elderly next door neighbours ‘The Tart’ and ‘The Peeping Tom’ during a 13-year war of words on their leafy suburban street was facing jail today.  Brendan Murphy, 79, hounded Christopher Boyd and his wife Margaret with barbed comments after they fell out over a dispute about local gossip. Whenever Mr … Read more

Police probe claims Tory councillor racially abused mother-of-two in row over parking

Police probe claims Tory councillor racially abused mother-of-two in row over parking as she collected her daughter from £33,000-a-year private school Councillor Stuart Tranter confronted driver outside King’s School in Rochester Mother claims she was verbal abused after pulling up in her BMW X7 on Tuesday Police confirmed they are investigating incident reported as ‘racially motivated’ By … Read more

Councillor is suspended for dressing up as a woman on Facebook in protest at idea of curfew for men

Married Tory councillor is suspended for dressing up as a woman in protest at proposals for a 6pm curfew for all men after Sarah Everard’s murder Mark Deacon, Conservative councillor for Plymouth, posted image on Facebook Said he would wear a floral pink dress and long black wig if curfew was imposed  He has been … Read more

Labour councillor is suspended after claiming she had a Covid vaccination ‘privately’

Labour councillor is suspended after boasting on Facebook she had a Covid vaccination ‘privately’ despite jabs only being available on the NHS Jamila Azad, 65, is at the centre of an investigation after posting on social media She claimed to have had jab from a private medic amid ‘a long wait for the NHS’ Post … Read more

Town council clerk sacked after going on trip with councillor wins unfair dismissal claim

Relations between the four staff at Barnard Castle Town Council in Durham cooled after it emerged Jane Woodward (pictured) had gone on holiday with then councillor Roger Peat A deputy town council clerk who was branded a ‘gold digger’ after she formed a personal relationship with an older, married councillor and was later sacked has … Read more