CITY LEADER COULD FACE FIVE-YEAR BAN; Pressure on Bradley & Storey.Byline: By NICK COLIGAN Political Reporter TWO of Liverpool's most senior politicians could be suspended for up to five years if they are found guilty of breaking council rules. But council leader Warren Bradley Warren Bradley may be:
Equally, the Standards Board for England could tell Liverpool council to impose a sanction on two of its own councillors. The ECHO revealed yesterday that the two Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats, British political party Liberal Democrats, British political party created in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal party with the Social Democratic party; the party was initially called the Social and Liberal Democratic party. will face a full investigation, likely to last about six months. The allegations centre around a meeting they held with former Mathew Street Mathew Street is a famous street in Liverpool, England, probably most well-known for being the location of the Cavern Club, where The Beatles played many concerts early in their career. Mathew Street is located in an area of Liverpool city centre known today as "The Cavern Quarter". festival manager Lee Forde, two days after the council's report into the event's cancellation was published. Both Cllr Bradley and Cllr Storey strongly deny any wrongdoing and are privately shocked that the case faces a full inquiry. The Standards Board's referrals team first examined the allegations, made by opposition Labour leader Joe Anderson
Joe Anderson (born c. 1981) is a British actor. He attented Richmond upon Thames College and later the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. , before passing it on for full investigation. Officials will now decide whether one of their ethical standards officers should handle the inquiry, or whether it should be passed to the council's monitoring officer. Once the investigation is complete, the Standards Board will produce a final report, coming to one of four findings. They could find Cllrs Bradley and Storey have not breached their code of conduct. If they find they did, they could decide no further action is required, or pass it on to either the council's standards committee or an independent adjudication The legal process of resolving a dispute. The formal giving or pronouncing of a judgment or decree in a court proceeding; also the judgment or decision given. The entry of a decree by a court in respect to the parties in a case. panel to decide a sanction. The maximum punishment is a five-year suspension, although other options include telling councillors to apologise or undergo training. Sometimes it becomes clear during an investigation that issues should be resolved at council level, rather than punishing individuals, and the authority will be told to do that. Meanwhile, Liverpool council was refusing to say what happened at a meeting yesterday where the future of Culture Company chief executive Jason Harborow was due to be discussed. Councillors were set to be asked to give the go-ahead to council officials to start negotiating Mr Harborow's exit from his pounds 150,000-a-year job. The ECHO understands he can expect to receive up to pounds 250,000 if he agrees to leave his post. nick.coligan@liverpool.com CAPTION(S): SPOTLIGHT: Warren Bradley's conduct will form the basis of an investigation into a meeting he attended with Lee Forde over the Mathew Street festival; QUIZ: Former leader of the city council, Mike Storey, faces probe |
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