Lib Dems on audit warpath
LIBERAL Democrat leader has accused the Conservative-run Brentwood Council of not taking responsibility over its accounting mess.
LIBERAL Democrat leader has accused the Conservative-run Brentwood Council of not taking responsibility over its accounting mess.
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Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr David Kendall has slammed the Conservative administration running Brentwood Borough Council for the damning report they have received from the Audit Commission and has demanded to know if anyone is going to accept responsibility for the financial mess?
The Audit Commission have refused to sign off Brentwood Borough Council's accounts for 2008/9, saying that the Conservative administration have left them in too much of a mess. The council received the lowest grading - inadequate - in securing value for money.
Following an article in today's Brentwood Gazette (28/10/09) entitled "Party Leader voted for site on short list" I would like to set the record straight.
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