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Sorry @LNethsingha but this part of audit committee annual report is laughable: "Although a high-profile issue relating to the tenancy of Manor Farm was reported publicly in 2020/21, this was first raised with
the Internal Audit team in 2019.
2/3 The affected service has
responded positively to the issues identified, and the action plan
to address the concerns is in the public domain. Additionally, it is
noted that the organisation has completed a full review of the
Whistleblowing Policy in light of the issues raised"
BUT audit committee report into #farmgate did more than that - and we have yet to see the truth
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1/5 Here's more from an audit report prepared for @cambscc
It lists:
*Failure to apply EU procurement law to contracts with values that were, or likely to be based on costs incurred on similar work to date, over the applicable threshold
*• Failure to seek, obtain and document exemptions where Contract
Procedure Rules could not be adhered to • Failure to seek approval of the monitoring officer where contracts
exceeded the four year limit specified in the Contract Procedure Rules
• Failure to maintain adequate documentation to support the process
underlying procurement decisions
• Insufficient reporting to those charged with governance regarding waiver
arrangements and other intended departures from Contract Procedure
Rules.
The 2019/2024 business plan @cambscc offers the reasoning behind decision to “create a commercial investment portfolio to maximise the available return to support the delivery of a balanced budget”.
“Cambridge and Peterborough City Councils, and Huntingdonshire DC, have been undertaking such acquisitions for some time.
“Examples from other local councils include: Spelthorne BC - £200m+ commercial portfolio developed over nine years - £360m investment in BP office park
Spelthorne may not turn out to have been the best example for councillors in Cambridgeshire to look for financial astuteness.
This from @TBIJ (The Bureau of Investigative Journalists) a week or so ago@
1:A short thread on a moment in Fenland politics. Politics, as many of you know, in Fenland can be a challenging issue to report on fairly and accurately.
Wisbech is especially fraught because of the make-up of the local Conservative association.
2:They effectively run politics in the town and decry anyone who opposes them.
Woe betide if you cross the floor, as former mayor Michael Hill did. He’s since been vilified and suddenly has become the laziest councillor ever (well according to his former colleagues that is).
3:It is very difficult reporting on any of this, and I refrained from publishing copies of an email exchange between the Tory leader @fenlandcouncil Chris Boden and Peter Freeman.
The latter has moderate ‘form’ insomuch as he stood as an independent (unsuccessfully)in 2019.