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submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Leaked documents show businessman went on a spending spree and left a council effectively bankrupt.

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Predictable outcome of letting local councils invest taxpayer money in whatever corrupt scheme greases their palms.

[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What’s the alternative? The tories decide literally everything from Whitehall?

[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Audit Commission - a spending watchdog that stopped councils taking too many risks - was abolished in 2015.

Probably not abolishing the thing that was literally there to stop this from happening.

In fairness maybe this thing didn't work, but surely some oversight would reduce ridiculous things like this from happening.

[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago

This is so circular I don’t even know where to begin.