The delay in resolving financial issues with schools resulting from Liverpool Council’s energy contract debacle lay with the government, a council cabinet member has claimed.
Liverpool Council has signed off on plans to reimburse schools more than £2.3m after its costly electricity contract error last year. A report earlier this month confirmed schools across Liverpool were left with an additional bill worth millions of pounds as a result of errors around its energy contract in the spring of 2022.
Council leaders were not informed by officers that the electricity provider it was dealing with had withdrawn from the commercial market, leading to the council - and other city institutions including schools and the fire service - being placed on a far more expensive contract. This morning, members of the city council cabinet have confirmed the funding for more than 130 sites across the city impacted by the fallout.
