The final cost of Liverpool Council ’s energy contract gaffe is to be confirmed next month.
An excoriating report has been published today into how the local authority badly handled its renewal of utilities contracts that could end up costing the council £16m more in energy bills. Liverpool Council’s education and skills select committee was told on Tuesday how school governing bodies are “utterly terrified” of the potential implications of the foul up at the Cunard Building earlier this year.
Liverpool Council also provides energy to schools and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS), with the authority overseeing MFRS voting to continue to maintain their 36-year partnership with the council but vowing to monitor its options going forward. Following the publication of the report by accountants Mazars, it has now been confirmed when the true cost will be revealed.
