The Nolan Principles

Selflessness – Integrity – Objectivity – Accountability – Openness – Honesty – Leadership

“Parish councils, we all know, are hotbeds of intrigue, corruption and passion. Those who sit on them, a colourful mixture of oddballs, bullies and idiots.”

It would be unfair to characterise all those who give up their free time to serve on a Parish or Town council as ‘corrupt, bullies or idiots’. Over the years councillors have made a significant contribution to their parish, as a result of a great deal of hard work and dedication and they deserve the thanks and admiration of their parish. Given that there over 10,000 councils and around 80,000 councillors, there will always be some who work to a different agenda than that of their colleagues. It is these councillors who have allowed the name ‘parish council’ and in particular ‘parish councillor’ to be held in such low esteem by the public. But what is important is that many councils and councillors fail to uphold the very principles they agreed to uphold – The Nolan Principles.

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The most expensive shed in the village The most expensive shed … addendum There appears to be several anomalies in the report that imply the Working Group may not have been given all the relevant material required to formulate a proper investigation. However, looking at the documentation available on the Parish Council website, it’s not… Read More

Click here to read the Car Park report The most expensive shed in the village The Parish Council’s report on how the car park costs escalated makes disturbing reading and still leaves many unanswered questions. “The culture of the Council during the period of the car park project was less than ideal. Comments from the… Read More

Recent visitors to this site may have seen the “Irrelevant” blog. This came about because of a quote that appeared in the Crow on Friday 27th October 2017. Reacting to the publication of the report, Mr Tulloch told the Crow: “The report was fundamentally flawed. Publication was rejected by the parish council twice, and the… Read More