People across Nottingham said they feel "betrayed" by the city council after millions of pounds of taxpayers' money was 'misspent' by the "incompetent" local authority. It comes as the government say commissioners may be appointed to help run the authority.
The city council is already being monitored by a Government -appointed board, chaired by Sir Tony Redmond, after the collapse of Robin Hood Energy in January 2020. In May this year, it was revealed that up to £40m from the council’s Housing Revenue Account had been misspent on the wrong services.
The council housing tenants’ rent – which should have been pumped into council housing and repairs – was put into general council services. The Penn Report, commissioned by the council, says the money was misspent, and in some cases was used to prop up other council services and to avoid job losses.
