The leader of Northumberland County Council has apologised to council staff and the county's residents after details of "unlawful" expenditure going back six years were revealed in a damning report.
Speaking at Tuesday's meeting of the council's cabinet, Coun Glen Sanderson said he was "embarrassed" at the contents of a section 114 notice issued by the authority's director of finance, Jan Willis.
The report u ncovered potential unlawful expenditure by the council relating to its international health consultancy business, which began on an informal basis under the previous Labour administration.
