Further failings at the heart of Liverpool Council could cost the troubled local authority millions of pounds.
Weeks after the revelations around the council's energy contract disaster, a report to its cabinet to be discussed next week and seen by the ECHO has identified 12 contracts in need of immediate renewal that have either run out or are in danger of doing so. Renewing or extending the contracts could set the cash-strapped council back around £20 million.
The report was commissioned following the council's well-documented energy contract bungle and a review of all procurements across the council which has found a startling amount of gaps. Of the dozen contracts to be discussed next Friday, five have expired already.
