Henshaw blackmailed Liverpool city council into giving him a massive early retirement deal.That's according to the city's deputy Lord Mayor, Lib Dem Councillor Paul Clark, a senior barrister.
His compelling inside account of the negotiations with Henshaw a year ago, reveals the incredible power struggle at the heart of the city council.
Councillor Clark describes a meeting with Henshaw in his office on April 23, 2005.
Clark says greedy Henshaw demanded a huge retirement deal from
the city council worth £250,000 – or he would report council leader Mike Storey to the Standards Board.
According to Clark's account, Henshaw threatened: “I will proceed tomorrow to make the complaint to the Standards Board (if no agreement).”
The Henshaw deal included:
His compelling inside account of the negotiations with Henshaw a year ago, reveals the incredible power struggle at the heart of the city council.
Councillor Clark describes a meeting with Henshaw in his office on April 23, 2005.
Clark says greedy Henshaw demanded a huge retirement deal from
the city council worth £250,000 – or he would report council leader Mike Storey to the Standards Board.According to Clark's account, Henshaw threatened: “I will proceed tomorrow to make the complaint to the Standards Board (if no agreement).”
The Henshaw deal included:
- A press release falsely establishing that ‘peace has broken out’ between Henshaw and Councillor Storey
- Storey personally calling the press
- Extra pension years on Henshaw’s retirement - worth £250,000
- A council committee ‘begging’ Henshaw to stay
- Consultants to ‘review’ the pay of Halsall and McElhinney
- Henshaw to be allowed to earn extra income during his six months notice, on top of his £190,000 a year chief exec’s salary
The secret deal with Clark, Storey's negotiator, was then broken by Henshaw just a month later. He carried out his threat and published Storey's confidential emails.
PS Sue if not true.
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PS Sue if not true.
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