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Council chief accused of bullying by senior officer

AN investigation is under way after the head of Edinburgh's transport department made an allegation of bullying against another senior council officer.

The case raised by head of transport Marshall Poulton against Mark Turley, director of services for communities, is rare because it involves one director raising a complaint about another.

The roles of senior officers overlap in a number of aspects of their work, although as a director Mr Turley, whose salary is £123,525, is more senior. The council has declined to disclose Mr Poulton's salary.

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