Nottingham City Council is spending more money on hiring agency staff to work at the authority after a "disappointing" recruitment drive. The council has been spending large sums on consultants and agency staff after highlighting a "serious" shortage of staff last year.
Most recently, more than £1 million of spending was announced on consultants and agency staff to support areas ranging from household waste to adult social care. Spending has now been approved on hiring four agency staff, though the council has not disclosed how much this will cost.
The council says this information is "exempt" as it relates to the "financial and business affairs" of the authority. But in terms of what the four agency staff will be doing, the council says they will be based in its property department.
