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Letter: Surely a Contract Overspend Should Have Been Noticed Before it Reached £16m?
From: Wayne Smith In response to: Call for a Special Committee to Oversee Council’s Fraud Investigation Rejected and Confused Messages Over Police Role in GBC’s Fraud Investigation In another telling…
Dragon Interview: Cllr Bob Hughes on the GBC’s HRA Investigation
The GBC investigation into £multi-million overspends and possible fraud on the council’s ring-fenced housing revenue account (HRA) was a subject of debate this week at the council when the Conservatives…
Sacked Contractors Complain of Slow Progress in GBC Investigation into ‘£16m’ Overspend
By Martin Giles Interim council officers who had their contracts cancelled as part of a GBC investigation into a multi-million-pound overspend of a Housing Revenue Account and possible fraud are…
Local Politicians Comment on PM’s Dragon Interview
Local political parties were invited to comment on the responses given yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to Dragon editor Martin Giles. See: Exclusive: Prime Minister Says: ‘There’s a Clear…
Letter: The Council Should Come Clean
From: Philip Brooker borough councillor for Worplesdon and leader of the Conservative group at GBC The lack of transparency by Guildford Borough Council in this matter is shocking. The monthly…
£350k Cost of GBC Investigation into Housing Revenue Account Overspend
By Emily Coady-Stemp local democracy reporter Guildford’s cash-strapped borough council will spend up to £350,000 on an investigation into potential fraud in its housing department. See also: Councillors Told of…
‘This Council Expresses No Confidence in the Current Leader’ Motion Tabled
By Martin Giles Guildford Conservatives have tabled a motion of no confidence in the Lib Dem council leader Julia McShane. Philip Brooker, leader of the ten-member Conservative Group, is proposing…
Comment: Another Sad Failure of Openness and Accountability
By Martin Giles When someone refuses to answer questions it is natural to suspect they have something to hide. Why else would they refuse? Our justice system recognises this by…
Councillors Told of £16 million Contract Overspend in Closed Meeting
By Martin Giles Guildford councillors were told in an emergency closed meeting last night that £19 million had been spent on a contract expected to cost just £3 million. Around…
Letter: The Terminated Managers Showed a New Level Of Care to Tenants
From: Dale Askew In response to: Allegations of Potential Fraud Involving ‘£Millions’ at GBC – Officers Suspended, Employment Contracts Terminated For five managers to have had their contacts terminated, the…
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