25 January - Conspiracy theorist?
As I probably said before, an unprecedented number of anonymous messages have come through
the new Contact Form; maybe it is because it is easier to use than the the previous one or maybe it marks increased levels
of discontent in and around Bexley Council. I suspect the latter.
I’ve had the following one (oblique text) for six weeks. It looks superficially interesting and I spent quite a long time on
it to see if the loose ends could be tied up but the vital missing link remains, well, err, missing.
Jackie Belton [Bexley] Executive Director of Resources was made redundant in April 2015 from Newham.
She was on £160,000 and her pay off was nearly
£200,000 so more than 52 weeks work. Quite a lot more than predecessor Gill Steward when she resigned from Bexley.
This appears to be true, a matter of public record.
To keep herself active she partnered Daniel Hudson. Probably had she
gone straight into employment she would have to repay money as she was not entitled to Job Seekers’ Allowance.
The first bit is definitely true, it can be checked out at Companies House.
Of the second assertion I have not a clue, I have no
detailed knowledge of employment law.
In May 2015 an Interim Director of Children’s Services
at Lambeth Council is appointed. Her name is Annie Hudson.
Lambeth Council’s website confirms the appointment.
Then in September 2015 Jackie Belton gets her big job at Lambeth but still keeps Kelling Associates going. It
expands. Around a year later without advertisement or interview Annie Hudson is
made permanent Director in Lambeth. Shades of Bexley’s opaque appointment processes here.
This
too appears to be true. Here they are pictured together on Lambeth Council’s website.
You may want to check if Annie Hudson has any link with Jackie’s business partner
Daniel Hudson. Must be a coincidence but hopefully you can find out.
But here the trail goes cold and what looked like being an interesting story fizzled
out. I should never have given up that Ancestry subscription.
Note: This is more to assure anonymous posters that their comments do not get
thrown straight into Trash than anything else. Without the link it is just an
everyday story of how senior Council employees everywhere are motivated only by helping
each other up the greasy pole.