A meeting to decide whether an unnamed senior officer at Northumberland County Council should face disciplinary action has been pushed back, despite a damning report outlining a "climate of fear and intimidation" at the authority.
Councillors were expected to consider whether the issues raised by the wide-ranging Max Caller report, that slammed governance at the council, would require "further investigation." However, the matter was adjourned at a meeting on Wednesday. A new date has not yet been set.
The Caller report described "harrowing" tales from former council staff who had been treated "extremely poorly" by senior officers at the council, adding there was "little substantial trust in the most senior officer levels of the council, and there exists a climate of fear and intimidation."
