STANDARDS CASE DISMISSED

PRESS RELEASE

6 October 2011

Melton Council’s Standards Committee has dismissed a complaint against the Leader of the Council, Malise Graham MBE, which was made in January 2010 by Mr. M.O. Powderly.  The complaint alleged that Councillor Graham had showed extreme and inappropriate bias in favour of the relocation of Melton Borough Council offices to a new site adjacent to the railway station in Melton Mowbray, by way of comments in the media since March 2009.

Malise Graham, Leader of the Council, said :

“It is important that those in public service are accountable to those they serve and I am pleased that this independent enquiry has upheld the view that I had not acted inappropriately.”

The full decision of the Standards Committee is available from the 21 July 2011 Standards Assessment (Consideration) Sub-Committee page.

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For more information please contact:

Angela Tebbutt

Head of Communications

Melton Borough Council

Telephone: 01664 502502

Email: atebbutt@melton.gov.uk