The former immigration chief who resigned last year in a row over border controls has reached an out-of-court settlement with the Home Office, his union said Friday.
Brodie Clark was suspended and then stepped down as head of the UK border force in November amid claims he relaxed border controls without authorisation from Home Secretary Theresa May.
He launched a constructive dismissal case in which he could have netted ?135,000, but in a joint statement Friday the two parties said a settlement had been made "without the admission of liability or wrongdoing from either side".
"The Home Office and Mr Clark can announce that differences between them relating to Mr Clark's departure from the UK Border Agency in November 2011 have been settled," the statement said, without disclosing the agreed sum.
Clark accused May of making him a political scapegoat after he was suspended over claims he was responsible for relaxing identity checks on non-EU nationals last summer.
He admitted using guidance designed for health and safety emergencies to suspend fingerprint checks at the UK's ports, which did not have ministerial authorisation, but insisted he was "no rogue officer".
An official investigation said confusion, poor record-keeping and ambiguous instructions were rife in the UK Border Agency and staff were acting without ministerial approval.
The lax controls led to hundreds of thousands of people being allowed into the UK without undergoing checks against a Home Office watch list.
Paul Whiteman of the FDA, the trade union representing Clark, said: "Mr Clark is pleased with the outcome of yesterday's settlement which has now brought some closure for him on the unfortunate events of last November."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ex-uk-border-chief-settles-dispute-govt-140954515.html
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