The costs of covid-19 on Liverpool Council for the last financial year are to run into the tens of millions of pounds.
A draft statement of accounts for the local authority for 2021/22 said it estimated losses of almost £10m with additional coronavirus costs totalling £76m. Not all of these have been compensated for by UK Government support grants.
The report, which will be assessed by the council’s audit committee next week, said during 2020/21, additional expenditure related to covid-19 reached £89m while income was £25m lower than anticipated. It added: “Most of these additional costs and income losses were ultimately covered by various Government emergency support grants.
