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Bury chief suspended amid investigation

Bury MBC has suspended its chief executive, Mike Owen, pending the full outcome of an independent review into the handling of a historical safeguarding case.

By Mark Conrad | 28 February 2017

Bury MBC has suspended its chief executive, Mike Owen, pending the full outcome of an independent review into the handling of a historical safeguarding case.

Mr Owen, a former president of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, is understood to deny any wrongdoing but was unavailable for comment this week.

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