Summary
The leader of the Labour group on Worcestershire County Council has been illegally serving as a councillor for five years.
Peter Pinfield, a former leader of Droitwich Town Council and chairman of Worcestershire social services, was immediately disqualified as a councillor on the eve of yesterday's council elections when it was discovered his job as social services manager in Dudley was politically restricted He hopes to be immediately re- elected today , after he was forced to take a job demotion, but The Birmingham Post understands the county council will be forced to call a by-election even if he wins the Droitwich Town ward. Mr Pinfield's employers were informed of Mr Pinfield's position by an unknown party and, in turn, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council investigated and informed WCC last week. He reached a pay scale in 2000 which meant that under legislation introduced in the late 1980s he was unable to hold political office.See the full content of this document
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Labour Leader has Been Serving Illegally
Last night Mr Pinfield, who will be allowed to...
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