THE chief executive’s disciplinary process – and the subsequent leak – sparked a series of questions at the latest full Northumberland County Council meeting. However, in the main, it resulted in very few answers from the administration, who outlined that there are still live issues and that it should have remained confidential in the first place. The authority’s chief executive Daljit Lally was suspended in early August 2020, at the same time as she sent an email to all county councillors about ‘serious whistle-blowing concerns’. This made public a major rift with the Conservative leadership, which resulted in a vote of no confidence in the then leader, Coun. Peter Jackson. Mrs Lally returned to her post in October.
A LEAKED council report, raising what are described as ‘areas of immediate and significant concern’, has cast doubt on the future of Advance Northumberland. The document, which was discussed behind closed doors at the January meeting of Northumberland County Council’s audit committee, contains a raft of recommendations said to be necessary to address ‘a number of continuing weaknesses in governance arrangements’ at the regeneration company, which is wholly owned by the local authority. However, the firm’s boss has refuted a number of the issues raised, while noting that they have not seen the report, were not able to respond to the concerns included within it and were not allowed to attend the meeting.
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Calls for an extraordinary meeting of Northumberland County Council to be held within days regarding the chief executive situation have been made.