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Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 20-Jan-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint that a councillor breached its code of conduct. This is because we have not seen any evidence if fault in how the Council came to its decision.
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Kent County Council (19 005 657)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 03-Jan-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate how the Council decided not to pursue a complaint about the conduct of a councillor. It is unlikely he would find evidence of fault by the Council.
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Harborough District Council (19 001 632)
Statement Upheld Councillor conduct and standards 24-Dec-2019
Summary: Mr C complains the Council wrongly created 31 complaints without his consent or knowledge during its consideration of a single code of conduct complaint he had made about a parish councillor. Mr C says he was prosecuted for harassment of the councillor and although the court dismissed the case, he incurred legal costs and both he and his wife suffered unnecessary upset. The Ombudsman has found the Council at fault in the way it dealt with Mr C’s code of conduct complaint and considers the agreed actions of an apology, proper response and £250 are enough to remedy Mr C’s injustice.
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London Borough of Hounslow (18 011 222)
Statement Not upheld Councillor conduct and standards 19-Dec-2019
Summary: Mr X complains about how the Council’s Monitoring Officer dealt with his complaint about a housing officer. The Ombudsman has found no fault.
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Coventry City Council (19 011 542)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 19-Dec-2019
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about the way the Council considered a petition against a fun fair, and the associated actions of two councillors. The alleged fault has not caused the complainant a significant personal injustice.
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (19 010 769)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 18-Dec-2019
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mr X’s complaint as he is unlikely to find fault in the way the Council dealt with his complaint that two councillors breached the code of conduct.
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West Suffolk Council (19 011 435)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 10-Dec-2019
Summary: Mr B complains about the Council’s handling of matters relating to a councillor code of conduct complaint. The Ombudsman will not investigate the complaint because there is no evidence of fault by the Council in the way it dealt with the matter.
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Central Bedfordshire Council (19 015 039)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 07-Dec-2019
Summary: The Ombudsman cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about how the Council dealt with complaints made against him as a councillor. The complaint is outside the Ombudsman’s legal remit as Mr X does not complain as a member of the public.
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Derbyshire County Council (19 011 398)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 04-Dec-2019
Summary: Ms X complains the Council had failed to act after it decided a councillor had breached the code of conduct. The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint as we have not seen evidence of fault in the way the Council dealt with her complaint.
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Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (19 010 867)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 28-Nov-2019
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate how the Council decided not to pursue a complaint about the conduct of councillors. It is unlikely he would find evidence of fault by the Council.