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Newark & Sherwood District Council (20 007 079)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 05-Jan-2021
Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint that the Council failed to deal appropriately with her complaint about the conduct of a parish councillor. The Council has not caused Mrs X injustice and it would not be a good use of limited public resources to investigate. We cannot investigate the actions of the parish councillor which are outside our jurisdiction.
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Milton Keynes Council (20 000 563)
Statement Upheld Councillor conduct and standards 17-Dec-2020
Summary: Mr B says the Council has failed to consider his complaint about the conduct of named Councillors. The Ombudsman has found evidence of fault because the Council has not replied to all of Mr B’s complaint. He has upheld the complaint and completed the investigation because the Council agrees to fully respond to Mr B.
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Wiltshire Council (20 007 408)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 16-Dec-2020
Summary: Mr X complained the Council has failed to properly investigate his concern that a parish councillor breached the code of conduct and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. We do not intend to investigate this complaint. We are unlikely to find fault in the way the Council considered his complaint. And Mr X has already appealed to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal about a breach of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.
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London Borough of Sutton (20 007 143)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 15-Dec-2020
Summary: Ms X complained about the Council’s decision not to investigate a local councillor for breach of the member’s Code of Conduct. We will not investigate this complaint. There is insufficient evidence of fault which would warrant an investigation.
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London Borough of Bromley (20 006 939)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 14-Dec-2020
Summary: Mr X complained about the actions of a senior Council officer in 1996 which he says amounted to misconduct in a public office. We should not exercise discretion to investigate this complaint. This is because it concerns matters which he was aware of more than 12-months before the time period for accepting complaints.
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North East Lincolnshire Council (20 001 817)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 10-Dec-2020
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint relating to an alleged breach of the Code of Conduct by parish councillors. Whether or not the Council’s Monitoring Officer decides to investigate the matter, the complainant will not be caused any significant injustice. We will not investigate how the Council dealt with a complaint about the Monitoring Officer because we are not investigating the substantive issue.
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West Suffolk Council (20 006 850)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 10-Dec-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a complaint about the actions of a parish councillor. This is because he is unlikely to find fault by the Council.
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Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 07-Dec-2020
Summary: Mr X complains about the Council’s response to a Code of Conduct complaint he submitted against town councillors. The Ombudsman will not investigate the complaint because neither the claimed fault nor the injustice caused to Mr X is sufficient to warrant an investigation.
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Surrey Police and Crime Panel (20 008 985)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 04-Dec-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about how the Surrey Police and Crime Panel considered his complaint about the Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner. This is because an investigation is unlikely to find evidence of fault.
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Surrey Police & Crime Commissioner (20 006 029)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 04-Dec-2020
Summary: The Ombudsman cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint against the Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner. This is because Mr X’s complaint does not concern an administrative function and so it falls outside our jurisdiction and cannot be investigated.