Tag: gagging order

Councils spend £8.3m on axed staff “gagging orders”

COUNCIL bosses have spent £8.3m of taxpayers’ cash on secret “gagging orders” to stop axed employees from blowing the whistle on scandals. Councils across Scotland...

NHS chiefs banned from gagging employees

THE use of gagging clauses to stop NHS whistleblowers is being banned in Scotland. Health secretary Alex Neil has revealed a new confidentiality clause has...

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