'Chaos & demoralisation' | Bullying complaints raised by every staff member at local council, union claims

Every employee at a local authority has made complaints about bullying and aggressive behaviour from senior officials, a union has claimed.

Unison chiefs say staff at Leigh Town Council have raised issues of “bullying and victimisation” by “aggressive councillors who try to barge into offices”, the Local Democracy Service reported.

A statement from the union said that employees felt councillors were coming into the office “with the intention of tearing up the rules and victimising employees”.

Councillors are not in direct charge of council employees, but staff members have nevertheless reported incidents such as councillors “trying to enter offices and order staff about and behaving in a bullying and aggressive way”, according to the LDR’s report.