The new interim chief executive of Swale council will be commuting from the Isle of Wight for three days a week – at the expense of taxpayers.

The appointment of Mike Fisher, former council chief executive on the Isle of Wight, is to be confirmed on Wednesday.

There has been no Swale chief executive for 17 months.

The former office holder Mark Bilsborough was sacked in April. His dismissal followed a 15-month inquiry, in which complaints by staff of harassment, intimidation and victimisation were upheld.

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