Chief steps down after 'political' tweet

By Dan Peters | 07 June 2022

Tameside MBC chief executive Steven Pleasant has stepped down with immediate effect, just weeks after apologising for a tweet.

In March Mr Pleasant used Twitter to respond to comments made by a Conservative voter on TV who told minister Damian Hinds his Government was a ‘disappointment’.

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