Liverpool Council staff have been abused online for simply working at the organisation, an authority officer has claimed.
As members of the city council’s audit committee were informed of its new counter fraud policy and how it can impact the reputation of the local authority, Paul Stratton told councillors members of staff at the Cunard Building had faced online backlash simply for doing their jobs. Labour’s chief whip accused some councillors of stoking such behaviour.
The committee formally adopted the fighting fraud and corruption together (FFCT) strategy as investigator Mr Stratton outlined how such offences can impact the local authority. The new approach is described as the foundation for all activity which seeks to tackle the threat from fraud, bribery, and wider corrupt practice from within and outside the council.
