MORE than 1000 people working for Glasgow City Council blew the whistle on colleagues they felt were behaving inappropriately last year.

The local authority’s website allows people from any council organisation to disclose information concerning illegal activity or socially harmful actions of a person or group.

Whistle-blowing figures have soared since 2013 with just 63 cases of whistle-blowing reported to the council that year.

But some SNP councillors feel there should be a link to an external organisation to allow whistle-blowers, particularly those in the social work and finance department, to raise concerns through a different platform.

A report on the social work and finance department was presented to the audit scrutiny committee.

Councillor Greg Hepburn reminded members that it recommended there should be a third party for whistle-blowers to turn to.

He said: “The council has been advised that there should be an external party for whistle-blowers to use if they don’t want to talk to council.

“I think we should [look into this] as people may be put off whistle-blowing to the council under certain circumstances.”

Duncan Black, head of audit and inspection, confirmed the local authority had recently launched a new policy which confirms anonymity for whistle-blowers.