The recently resigned chief executive of Liverpool City Council (LCC) has been criticised for his leadership style in a long-awaited report highlighting 'clear and significant failings' that could cost the city millions of pounds in energy costs.
The report, by accountants Mazars, found that failings 'at a strategic level' were part of the problems surrounding the extension of the council's major electricity contract that came to light earlier this year. The failures around the deal are set to cost the council millions.
As revealed by the ECHO in May, a litany of errors led to the council's cabinet signing off on an extension to its electricity contract with Scottish Power at a meeting on March 4 this year, despite the firm having already withdrawn from the commercial market. The cabinet had not been informed of this move before it was asked to agree the deal.
