A local authority has been urged to hold an internal review into a bizarre situation where one of its councillors was appointed to a £50,000 job by officers who work in the department covered by his cabinet portfolio.
Stuart Baldwin was re-elected last week as a Labour councillor in Bridgend, but he hasn’t taken up his seat because of his new role as the authority’s climate change response manager in the communities directorate. At the time he applied for the job, he was the cabinet member for communities.
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