Back in January 2010 Cllr Mike Fletcher posed a number of questions to Peterborough City Council relating to the amount of money spent by the Council on consultants. In March a Committee was set up to look into the matter. They were due to report back in September. This was put back to November without notice, and now they have produced an Interim Report stating that the questions will be answered in February 2011. Liberal Democrat Cllr Nick Sandford is a Member of that Committee, and he tells the BBC what progress they have made.
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Call for Minister to Intervene on Consultant Secrecy
Back in January questions were asked by the Chairman of the Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee about the full extent of Council’s financial involvement with consultants, said to be twelve million pounds a year and rising. A report was promised in June, then again in September, then again in November, and now the answers to those questions have been put back to February of next year.
In the meantime the Chairman has been ousted from his post. Today he gives the BBC some more details of his cause for concern, including the fact that consultants have been paid one thousand pounds a day. The constant reluctance on Council’s part to deliver the information requested has prompted him to join with MP Stewart Jackson in writing to the Minister for Local Government to ask him to act to get to the truth about the issue.
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BBC-Peterborough-20100203_0700
Presenter: Paul Stainton
Topics: Planned changes to local bus services. Doorstep milk theft update. PUFC new manager comment. Michael Jackson’s doctor faces prosecution. JLS condom promotion – safe sex campaign. Cat is augury of death. Werrington energy monitor trial. Chippendales promotion.
Interviewees: Nick Sandford Peterborough City Councillor. Adi Mowles POSH Independent Supporters Association. Oz Merrygold relative of JLS band member. Kay Elmy Peterborough City Council Head of Contraceptive and Sexual Health Services. Pete Hiller Peterborough City Councillor. Pam Mackinnon Talking Dogs Whittlesea. Jenna Hiley City Council Climate Change Officer. Steven Lane Peterborough City Councillor. Lind Walter Chippendales.
Companies Mentioned: Dairy Crest. Propofol (AstraZeneca).