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Investigation Report 200600613

  • Report no:
    200600613
  • Date:
    March 2007
  • Body:
    Glasgow City Council
  • Sector:
    Local Government

Overview

The complaint concerns Glasgow City Council (the Council)'s handling of a request from the Complainant (Mr C) for accreditation as a journalist.

Specific complaint and conclusion

The complaint which has been investigated is that the Council had acted unreasonably in refusing to recognise Mr C as a journalist (not upheld).

Redress and recommendations

While I do not uphold Mr C's complaint I suggest that, to avoid any possible confusion in the future, the Council consider producing a written policy detailing the criteria used by them when considering requests for recognition from journalists.

The Ombudsman has no further recommendations to make.

Updated: December 11, 2018