"An Independent Investigating Officer is conducting a "further investigation", because of the "complexity of the matter and the serious nature" of allegations made, the council said. Large denied and condemned the comments, saying the account was hacked, and there had been "unknown logins... and the account was deleted". He stepped down last week, explaining that a family bereavement had led to the decision to quit as new leader and from his cabinet position for finance."
"According to Companies House's website, Large is listed as being the director of twelve companies in the last 20 years, all of which are stated as dissolved. Each company also lists his country of residence as France. Large told the BBC the dissolved companies relate to his role as a transformation and change person, meaning he turned around businesses. He said "from some of the closed business we birthed many new ones"."
A Reform councillor resigned days after being appointed Staffordshire group leader and is the subject of complaints under investigation by the authority. An Independent Investigating Officer is conducting a further investigation because of the complexity and serious nature of the allegations. The councillor denied and condemned the comments, saying the account was hacked with unknown logins and that the account was deleted. He stepped down, citing a family bereavement, and also left his cabinet finance role after overseeing the council's £840.8m 2026/27 budget. Companies House lists him as director of twelve dissolved companies with residence listed as France, which he said related to business turnarounds. The opposition leader offered sympathy but questioned the suitability of his appointment.
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