Barnet Council chief executive resigns to take up Haringey post

5:38pm Thursday 4th October 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Chris Hewett

The chief executive of Barnet Council has resigned in favour of a position at neighbouring authority Haringey.

Nick Walkley, who enjoys a £200,000-a-year salary with his current employer, is thought to be taking on an equivalent role at Haringey’s civic offices in High Road, Wood Green.

Mr Walkley was rumoured to have expressed an interest in the move earlier this week.

Barnet Council sent an internal email to employees informing them of his departure this afternoon but said it would announce nothing publicly on the matter before tomorrow.

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Grumblepop says...
7:25pm Thu 4 Oct 12

The rubbish is re-locating to Haringay. Three Cheers!

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gingis says...
8:43pm Thu 4 Oct 12

Rats and sinking ships comes to mind!

Could this be the start of a merger of Barnet and Haringey into "One Baringey" which has always been his master plan??

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NoToMob Member says...
11:39pm Thu 4 Oct 12

Why on earth would another Borough take this liability on after looking at the mess he has left behind in Barnet?

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Rog T says...
12:55am Fri 5 Oct 12

Good luck to Nick in his new job. Lets hope that he's learned lots in his time in Barnet and that the people of Haringey benefit from this.

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barnet123 says...
2:44pm Fri 5 Oct 12

Good riddance, he's so arrogant and loves himself. I feel sorry for Haringey!

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Andrew Newby says...
3:17pm Fri 5 Oct 12

The council's chief executive is leaving a few weeks before the final vote on the £1 One Barnet/easyCouncil mass privatisation plan. Mr Walkley can hardly object if we infer that he has lost confidence in the plan, if he ever had any. Now Barnet's Conservative administration must surely do with One Barnet what Suffolk and Cornwall Councils have done with similar plans: scrap it before it's too late.

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Andrew Newby says...
3:19pm Fri 5 Oct 12

That's £1 BILLION of course...

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ZenithB says...
6:44pm Sat 6 Oct 12

Oh my! It sounds from those who know him better as though Haringey Council have found exactly the one they needed to maintain the vision his predecessor apparently
couldn't share with them after only two years in office. From a Conservative Borough to another supposedly run by a Labour majority - well, what can we infer from that? Look back a few years and you get your answer - they are only Labour around election time. Then they leave it all to officers to run the Borough quite as if THEY become the representatives of the people, while the Labour Councillors themselves hibernate, with little occasional groans when they turn over. Decipher

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