Harrow Council staff member faces axe over crude email

A member of staff at Harrow Council could face the axe after accidently sending a crude email to a resident.

The council confirmed it was now investigating the incident, which is believed to have occurred after the worker forwarded the joke attachment to a resident who had previously emailed in a complaint about bin collections.

Carol Cutler, director of customer services, said: "The council is taking this matter extremely seriously and a member of staff is away from work while we are carrying out an investigation under the council's disciplinary procedure.

"All staff have immediately been reminded again of the council's email policy which covers all forms of inappropriate use of email.

"I will be writing to the resident to apologise unreservedly for the email and ensure the problem with their bins has been resolved."