Schools have been hit with a utilities bill of more than £2m as a result of Liverpool Council’s energy contract blunder this summer.
Earlier this year, a catalogue of errors at the Cunard Building led to millions of pounds being added to the local authority’s energy bill. Council leaders were not informed that the electricity provider it was dealing with had withdrawn from the commercial market, leading to the council - and other city institutions including schools and the fire service - being placed on a far more expensive contract.
The impact of that mix-up on the schools maintained across the city was revealed at a meeting of the local authority ’s education and skills committee this evening. Cllr Tom Logan, cabinet member, said the political aspiration had always been there to protect schools and said a “mistake had been made that may have cost schools money.”
