SOS readers may recall that at  last week’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee Meeting, a question asked  by Barry Sangster elicited the reply from EDDC Chief Executive Mark Williams that several officers had been subject to “compromise agreements.”  ( Mentioned at http://sidmouthindependentnews.wordpress.com  29 March , Plannning planted firmly on the Business TAFF agenda   )

An article in today’s Daily Telegraph explores the subject further, as does one of the many recent Freedom Of Information (FOI) Requests to EDDC.

The following two links have details:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9967901/14m-bill-for-gagging-axed-public-officials.html

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/gagging_orders_6/new