Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Pleasant and Tameside council have been contacted for comment. A long-serving council chief executive has resigned after he posted a tweet expressing surprise that a Conservative voter could show "compassion and empathy". I am committed to ensuring that what we do every day will make it a better place for everyone to live, learn and work.. A long-serving council chief executive has resigned after he posted a tweet expressing surprise that a Conservative voter could show "compassion and empathy". 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Steven Pleasant, who has held the role of head of the local authoritys staff since 2009, afterjoining the town hall in 1988, has told councillors he is stepping down with immediate effect. Integration? Mr Pleasant added: We have also faced many external challenges during that time, especially the relentless austerity and cuts. The relentless commitment you show to deliver the best you can for our communities has made me so proud. Pleasant, who had run the council since 2009, was also the authoritys returning officer and oversaw the local elections on 5 May despite anger from the areas Conservatives. However, a report by the council concluded that he had breached the statutory code for local authority publicity, in which officials must remain strictly impartial. These included the integration of the council and CCG into a single framework, the development of Tameside One, the restoration of Ashton Old Baths, and the building of Tameside Wellness Centre. 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In response, Coun Cooney said: One thing we wont do is break the law. Gerald Cooney, the Labour leader of the council, said Pleasant had been a great servant of Tameside and the local NHS. 0. Steven Pleasant MBE said he was stepping down from the role at Tameside Council with "immediate effect". It was a direct swipe at Tameside Council Chief Executive and returning officer Steven Pleasant. At a full council meeting on Tuesday she was officially welcomed into the role, in which she will be paid 184,767, and will serve as the councils electoral registration officer and returning officer.In the summer councillors were told that the previous long-standing chief executive Steven Pleasant had resigned ahead of a report finding he breached legislation with a social media post in which he expressed surprise that a Tory voter had compassion and empathy. 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Click here to read the latest edition of the paper online, Click here to find out where you can pick up a copy of the paper, Tameside Sport & Physical Activity Network. Leading the organisation through the last two years of the Covid pandemic has probably been the most challenging and yet perversely the most rewarding in terms of how our staff and our community responded. Social Media Policy at. Ms Stewart has worked at Tameside council since 1994 under the role of borough solicitor and deputy chief executive, before becoming director of governance in 2010 and pension fund director in 2016. Sandra Stewart, who was formerly the council's. Council leader Ged Cooney told the meeting that clearly events have overtaken this report and the chief executive has left the employment of the council. 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Taking time to say thank you is one of the hidden pillars of a society. Sefton Council is the governing body for the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in the county of Merseyside, north-western England. Steven Pleasant, Chief Executive Tameside One, Market Square, Ashton-under-Lyne www.tameside.gov.uk Email: Robert.landon@tameside.gov.uk Our Ref rl/Council Ask for Robert Landon Direct Line 0161 342 2146 Dear Councillor, You are hereby summoned to attend an ORDINARY MEETING of the Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council to be held on Tuesday, 25 . As part of his role as chief executive, Mr Pleasant was also the council's returning officer, and subsequently went on to run the local elections on 5 May despite anger from Tameside's Tory group about the comment. The Chief Executive of Tameside Council, Cllr Gerald Cooney, made the following statement and tribute on the passing of Her Majesty The Queen. 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The chief executive of Tameside council breached legislation when he expressed surprise on social media that a Tory voter had 'compassion and empathy', an investigation has found. He used his official chief executive Twitter account to respond to comments made by a Conservative voter on BBCs Question Time, where a clip from the TV programme showed an audience member who voted for the Tories telling minister Damian Hinds his government was a disappointment. Pleasant said: This is an exciting time for health and social care in Tameside and Glossop. ", Why not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? The chief executive of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has been appointed as the interim accountable officer of NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as part of plans to closer integrate the area's health and social care services. OL6 6BH. His leadership was critical in bringing the NHS and local government together and in delivering greatly improved services for the people of Tameside and Glossop over the last six years. Tameside's long-standing chief executive has suddenly resigned after more than three decades working at the council. ", In a statement after the meeting, Ms Stewart said: I am passionate about Tameside and will continue to work with the elected council leadership, the council senior leadership team and partners to deliver the very best we can for the borough and our residents. - National Innovation Centre for Data. The report by Tamesides monitoring officer, Sandra Stewart, stated: A politically restricted officer, such as pre-eminently a statutory officer, must not express themselves publicly in a way that appears to have the intention of affecting public support for a political party.. What's he waiting for? A new chief executive has been appointed to Tameside Council after the previous incumbent resigned following a controversialtweet. Steven Pleasant: Tameside Council chief executive breached government legislation with tweet, says report Mr Pleasant, who had been head of the authority's paid service for 13 years, resigned with 'immediate effect' earlier this week. 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