An independent investigation into alleged rule-breaking at Northumberland County Council has moved a step closer after the draft terms of the review were published.
It comes after a section 114 notice was published in May identifying alleged "unlawful expenditure" at the authority relating to the international health consultancy business, as well as a £40,000 annual payment made to chief executive Daljit Lally as an "international allowance" in connection with the business.
At Wednesday's meeting of the council's audit committee, members were presented with the draft terms that will see an independent investigator look into the circumstances that allowed work to continue in the allegedly unlawful manner between 2017 and 2021.
