25 November (Part 2) - Bexley council pays out £12,741·08 compensation for maladministration
The
Local Government Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of ordering that a
resident’s legal costs be reimbursed by Bexley council as well as awarding her
£5,000 for “distress, outrage, inconvenience, time and trouble”.
The case involved an issue of child protection, councillor Katie Perrior’s area
of responsibility. Bexley council was held to have neither produced nor
implemented a clear investigation plan, inappropriately questioned, failed to
pursue reasonable lines of enquiry and failed to properly record evidence and decisions.
The full report may be read on the
Local Government Ombudsman’s website.