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
‘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
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 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
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
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
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
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
A fiery meeting! London councillor accidentally sets notebook ABLAZE during live-streamed Zoom committee briefing Tom Sleigh was using a USB lighter when his notepad accidentally caught fire He is seen on a Zoom meeting of 30 people panicking while putting out flames Mr Sleigh burnt his fingers badly and ‘plunged them into a cold sink’ … Read more
Heart-warming moment councillor, 66, finds out he has become grandfather for the first time – while trying to chair a meeting on Zoom John Cottee, 66, received a text while in a Nottinghamshire County Council call Text was from his daughter and said he had become a grandfather for first time The Conservative councillor was … Read more