Glasgow - Good Conduct of Public Affairs



A blog post from this time last year about the FoI battle with Glasgow City Council which is still raging behind the scenes. 

Senior officials in the Council continue to argue that releasing information on the WPBR will prejudice the 'good conduct' of public affairs.

 Who knows what 2020 will bring?


 


Glasgow's Shameful Secret (05/01/19)


Here's a great story by Tom Gordon in The Herald which spills some embarrassing information from newly released records about the 'inner workings' of the Scottish Government back in 2004.
I'm sure that lots of people had a good laugh at Jack McConnell's fashion gaffe, but did you know that while the whole world is able to read about the trials and tribulations of 'Dressed to Kilt' - Glasgow City Council is refusing to release much more significant information regarding its discredited WPBR pay scheme which was introduced in 2005-07.

Now the WPBR isn't funny because the scheme was condemned as 'unfit for purpose' by the Court of Session, Scotland's highest civil court, back in August 2017.

Glasgow City Council spent millions defending the WPBR in the courts until the Court of Session rejected the Council's appeal in December 2017 - to take their defence of the WPBR to the UK Supreme Court in London.

The resulting equal pay claims will cost the public purse hundreds of millions of pounds to settle - yet the Council is arguing that to release information on the WPBR and the role of senior officials will prejudice the 'good conduct' of public affairs.

Much more to follow in the days ahead - so watch this space.
  

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