'Rude' councillor urged to apologise to officers

'Rude' councillor urged to apologise to officers

A standards committee report, published on Thursday, said Kitterick should apologise in writing to the council officers present in the meeting.

Mr Sword said Kitterick had been abusive during a Microsoft Teams briefing, in November 2024, about the council's plans to buy a city centre block of flats to house people at risk of homelessness.

An investigation was launched into Green Party member Patrick Kitterick's behaviour following a complaint by Richard Sword, the authority's strategic director for city development.

A councillor breached Leicester City Council's code of conduct by being rude and aggressive to officers during a briefing on a housing scheme, a standards committee has ruled.

He said he had used the briefing to express legitimate concerns to officers about the council's plan to buy the Yoho building in York Street.

Kitterick, who represents the Castle ward in the city centre, told the BBC he would consider the committee's request for an apology.

The report said the standards committee concluded Kitterick had been "aggressive, angry, rude and offensive" during the briefing, which was also attended by the council's director of housing Chris Burgin and Matt Wallace, its director of estates.

Kitterick is said to have told Mr Burgin he was the worst director of housing the council had ever had - something the councillor has not denied.

The report said: "He [Kitterick] impugned the credibility and integrity of the officers by using language that questioned their motives, and the veracity of their briefing.

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