A 'lack of safeguards' around a Liverpool Council fund for community projects 'could have contributed to a loss of public money'.
Until three years ago, a near £1m pot of funding issued to fund projects across each ward in the city was not “regularly or consistently” accompanied by checks or paperwork according to a report to be discussed by the local authority’s audit committee. The report outlines that prior to 2019, “it is probable that the lack of these safeguards would have resulted in the loss of public monies.”
The Mayoral Neigbourhood Fund (MNF) is a budget split between each ward in the city, managed by Liverpool Council’s streetscene service. Its current purpose is to enable councillors to grant-fund projects in their wards that are “in line with the aims and objectives of the City Plan.”
