It would appear that the Monitoring Officer and the Democratic Services Department will go to any lengths to ensure that no Council Meeting will ever see the Audit Wales Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council by not including reference to it on agendas and minutes of meetings.
Screenshot 1 Clarifications Post-Meeting are included in the list at the top of the page Hyperlink to above https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=159&MId=6549&Ver=4&LLL=0 Screenshot 2 Additional item added to previously published Agenda, but not actually included on the printed frontsheet of the Agenda. Screenshot 3…
An Idiot’s Guide to an Officers’ Report to Audit Committee 23rd November 2020. Audit Wales Report on the Review of whistleblowing arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council and Follow-up review of Corporate Arrangements for Safeguarding – Merthyr Council. How to tell them apart.
Extracts allegedly related to Audit Wales Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements relating to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council. AUDIT COMMITTEE Date Written 8th November 2020 Report Author Jon Eyre/Fran Donnelly/Lisa Curtis-Jones Committee Date 23rd November 2020 To: Chair, Ladies and…
Further proof that the Audit Wales Report on the Review of whistleblowing arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council has NEVER been presented for consideration and discussion at ANY Council meeting.
Part 1 Related Blog posts SEE PART 10 OF THE FOLLOWING POST FOR DETAILED EXPLANATION. https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2023/07/22/updated-my-investigation-into-the-journey-of-the-wao-report-on-the-review-of-whistleblowing-arrangements-relating-to-safeguarding-at-merthyr-council-aka-the-report/ Lisa Curtis-Jones’ Information Report https://merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog/2025/09/02/lisa-curtis-jones/ Part 2 My clarification of the post-meeting clarification This is my clarification of the Council’s post meeting clarification: The report…
If you were the Monitoring Officer of a local authority, this is one example of how you would misinform and mislead your Councillors and their electorate.
Screenshots of clarification The post-meeting clarification The statement on this post-meeting clarification added to the Agenda for the Full Council Meeting held on 12th November 2025 is a blatant effort by the Council’s Democratic Services Department, led by the Monitoring Officer,…
When is a door not a door?
When it’s ajar. When is a suppressed Welsh Audit Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council not a suppressed Welsh Audit Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council? When…
Another email to the Monitoring Officer regarding his misleading information referring to the suppression of the Audit Wales Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements relating to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council.
Hyperlink to Post Meeting Clarification https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/b16732/Clarifications%20Post-Meeting%2012th-Nov-2025%2017.30%20Full%20Council.pdf?T=9 Email to Monitoring Officer Response to my questions put to Full Council Fri, 12 Dec 2025 at 15:53 Geoff Jones <geoff.jones07@gmail.com> To: geraint.morgan@merthyr.gov.uk Cc: Taylor, Ann <ann.taylor@merthyr.gov.uk>, Thomas, Geraint (Councillor) <geraint.thomas@merthyr.gov.uk> Monitoring Officer, I note…
Draft Minutes for the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, 3rd December, 2025. THE COUNCIL DOES NOT CONSIDER IT NECESSARY TO HAVE ACTION LOGS FOR CABINET MEETINGS
Hyperlink to Agenda and Papers https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=6570 Draft Minutes Comment Action Logs The Cabinet and the Full Council are the only council committees that do not consider action logs of outstanding matters of business from one meeting to another. The purpose of…
Agenda for Scrutiny: Thriving Merthyr Tydfil on Tuesday, 16th December, 2025, 4.00 pm
Hyperlink to Agenda and Papers https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=6628 Screenshots of Agenda Frontsheet Screenshots of Draft Minutes Screenshots of Action Logs Hyperlink to Reports Pack https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/g6628/Public%20reports%20pack%2016th-Dec-2025%2016.00%20Scrutiny%20Thriving%20Merthyr%20Tydfil.pdf?T=10
Draft Minutes for Combined Governance & Audit Committee / Joint Scrutiny Committee on Monday, 1st December, 2025, 4.00 pm
Hyperlink to Draft Minutes https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/g6775/Printed%20minutes%2001st-Dec-2025%2016.00%20Combined%20Governance%20Audit%20Committee%20Joint%20Scrutiny%20Committ.pdf?T=1 Attendees at the meeting Members of the Audit Committee entitled to attend the meeting but not in attendance Screenshots of Draft Minutes
Nepotism, Bullying And Cronyism – Gwynedd Council. So similar to the Cover-up of Safeguarding failures at Merthyr Council.
The following is a post from the blogger L18in. Councillor Beca Brown presented a notice of motion re Neil Foden to a full council meeting of cyngor Gwynedd on the 4th December, 2025. The motion can be found in the agenda…
Action Log items from Draft Minutes of Full Council 12th November 2025
Items marked AL below would have appeared on an Action Log for the meeting of Full Council on 3rd December 2025 NOTE Minutes No 50 and 53 did not appear on the agenda for 3rd December. Agenda Frontsheet for 3rd December…
Compare and Contrast the Minutes regarding My Questions to Full Council 2023 and 2025
12th July 2025 260 Questions from a member of the public The Mayor read out the following question that had been received from a member of the public: “Has the WAO Report on the Review of Whistleblowing Arrangements relating to Safeguarding…
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