HMRCLEAKS: Blog of a Civil Service whistleblower in Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs HMRC

Would you speak out if you knew Her Majesty Revenue and Customs had misused thousands of pounds of public funds to charge you with being an extremist for heckling the British National Party at a peaceful protest in Burnley? Would you refuse to drop your case with the Civil Service Commissioners if you were warned by HMRC you would be sacked if you did not? If your wondering why I did then perhaps when you've read these internal letters, reports, and e-mails you’ll understand.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Neil Richardson HMRC cannot sack me for raising concerns under the Public Information Disclosure Act BNPGATE

I think it's fairly ovious that under the Public Information Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) I am protected from making the wider closures which I do in this blog. For example, as you can see, one of the above stipulations states, "the concern had already been raised with the employer or a prescribed regulator". Well given the letter from HMRC's Neil Richardson states I was being charged with raising concerns under the PIDA,incrediable as it may be, then it is clear that I had raised the concern with my employer but to no avail