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James Robinson

Northumberland County Council labelled 'outrageous' and 'embarrassing' over unlawful expenditure

A councillor has turned both barrels on his own authority as the fallout from two highly critical reports continued.

At Wednesday’s extraordinary meeting of Northumberland County Council, members debated a section 114 notice issued after unlawful expenditure was uncovered by the council’s chief finance officer.

The money related to the council’s international health consultancy work as well as a £40,000 annual allowance paid to council chief executive Daljit Lally as an “international allowance” in connection with the work.

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