Council overpaid staff nearly £2 million over five years

Council overpaid staff nearly £2 million over five years

City of Edinburgh Council has overpaid staff to the tune of £1.7m over what is believed to be five years ...

Council's finances 'mismanaged for nearly a decade'

Auditor general for Wales, Adrian Crompton Martin Shipton A town council’s finances have been mismanaged for nearly a decade, an investigation by Audit Wales has concluded. In a scathing report, the Auditor General for Wales Adrian Crompton tells how in 2023 he issued a public interest report that drew attention to serious failures in governance and financial management by Ammanford Town Council in Carmarthenshire. At that time he reported on: T…

Council overpaid staff nearly £2m over five years

The council report said that the bulk of the £1.1m overpayments were made to staff in education.

Edinburgh Council overpaid staff to the tune of £1.78m in five years

Edinburgh Council has overpaid staff to the tune of £1,780,000 over what is believed to be five years – with councillors being asked to write off almost £140,000 in unrecovered overpayments and implement changes to reduce the burden of overpayments on staff. In a report to councillors, officers said 1,459 staff members had been overpaid […]