Carlisle & District Green Party have expressed major concerns at the appointment of Gillian Steward as the new chief executive of Cumbria County Council. This is crucial time for Cumbria as council services begin to merge into two unitary authorities.
The party says that her previous track record as Chair of the Lampton Group, the London Borough of Hounslow’s conglomerate, and as CEO of the London borough of Bexley raises serious concerns as to her suitability for such a high-profile role.
The announcement that Steward would become the new Chief Executive of Cumbria County Council in 2021 was met with enthusiasm from the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems. The Green Party is however demanding that this appointment is given further scrutiny after concerns raised in a recent Private Eye article on 6th August (p.21):
This costly restructuring saw Hounslow housing and maintenance division morph into ‘Lampton Facilities Management 360’ and then into ‘Coalo’. Private Eye added that:
Gavin Hawkton, Chair of Carlisle Green Party said:
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