“South Ribble Borough Council has held an external investigation into a leak even though an opposition councillor admitted to being the culprit.
It appointed law firm Weightmans to investigate how a confidential report into a long running scandal around its taxi licensing service and child safeguarding ended up in the now-defunct New Day newspaper.
The report had been written by another law firm Wilkin Chapman, and had a limited circulation in the council.
After it was published the council called in the police, who concluded that no criminality had occurred. …”
East Devon Watch 