Looking back at my journalism this year, I think my favourite piece was the interview with Andrea Ashworth, author of ONCE IN A HOUSE ON FIRE, which ran on @ManchesterMill https://t.co/KhhlXXE2nW

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The big question now is: when did Rochdale's leaders learn about the report? It was sent to Manchester early last month, but it was unclear when it was shared with Rochdale council. Read our full briefing on the Binks suspension below: https://t.co/vFRFHBCJU7

One woman interviewed as part of the investigation found the behaviour she experienced “sleazy” and said she had not expected the “level of creepiness” she witnessed. You can read our original piece about the report below: https://t.co/LOlnnX7Fi2

The report, written by senior employment lawyer Victoria Duddles, found that Binks was pulled to one side by HR director Mark Bennett following the incident. More generally, Duddles found “there was a vibe of less than professional behaviour” on the night.

Over the weekend we revealed a confidential report that found how @RochdaleCouncil CEO James Binks inappropriately touched a female colleague when he was assistant CEO at @ManCityCouncil. Yesterday, Binks was suspended.

Latest @ManchesterMill: We obtained a confidential @ManCityCouncil report that found senior execs engaged in ‘sleazy’ behaviour towards young female staff https://t.co/puCftDlab7

@RochdaleCouncil @ManCityCouncil Rochdale council told us that it has a copy of the report. “We expect the highest standards of behaviour from all members of our staff and like most organisations, we have suitable procedures to deal with disciplinary issues involving council officers." https://t.co/LOlnnX8d7A

@RochdaleCouncil .@ManCityCouncil chose not to answer any of our 25 questions, but told us that Bennett is leaving the organisation imminently, meaning that all three men are now gone. In a statement, they said:

Exclusive: Senior @ManCityCouncil officials engaged in ‘sleazy’ behaviour towards young female staff. @jackdulhanty obtained a confidential report that tells how an awards ceremony descended into bar-hopping and sexual misconduct. https://t.co/LOlnnX7Fi2

@RochdaleCouncil Sara Rowbotham, the former deputy leader of Rochdale and whistleblower in the town’s grooming scandal, says Binks’s position is “untenable”. Both local MPs have also expressed concern. Read the full story: https://t.co/LOlnnX8d7A

@RochdaleCouncil If Bennett had begun an immediate investigation, it would have occurred a year ago, well before Binks left Manchester to take on the £200,000-a-year job as chief executive at Rochdale council, which he began in April this year.

@RochdaleCouncil Also named in the report is HR director Mark Bennett, who is not accused of misconduct, but who witnessed Binks’s behaviour. Bennett appears not to have initiated an investigation into his colleagues; it took eight months for that the city solicitor to look into it.

@RochdaleCouncil The second man accused of inappropriate behaviour was more senior still: Paul Marshall, Manchester’s deputy chief executive and former director of children’s services. The report finds that Marshall made a suggestive comment towards the same young woman. He has now left.

Binks is now the CEO of @RochdaleCouncil, last Friday he gave a speech to White Ribbon campaigners - marching to end violence against women and girls, telling them: “Men can promote equality and respect, and call out harassing, sexist and violent behaviours when they see it.”

James Binks, the then-assistant CEO of Manchester, was found to have inappropriately touched and grinded against a woman 20 years his junior. The report said Binks “worked on” the woman alongside Deputy CEO Paul Marshall, formerly the council’s director of Children Services.

Exclusive: Senior @ManCityCouncil officials engaged in ‘sleazy’ behaviour towards young female staff. @jackdulhanty obtained a confidential report that tells how an awards ceremony descended into bar-hopping and sexual misconduct. https://t.co/LOlnnX7Fi2

Superb investigative journalism from ⁦@ManchesterMill⁩

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