Liverpool Council has outlined how it has responded to a damning report into its costly electricity contract errors last year.
Last month, the city council signed off on plans to reimburse schools more than £2.3m after its expensive contract mistakes. A report earlier in February confirmed schools across Liverpool were left with an additional bill worth millions of pounds as a result of errors around its energy contract in the spring of 2022.
Council leaders were not informed that the electricity provider it was dealing with had withdrawn from the commercial market, leading to the council - and other city institutions including schools and the fire service - being placed on a far more expensive contract. Following that error, a devastating report was published by accountants Mazars, who were commissioned by the Mayor of Liverpool Joanne Anderson, to carry out an external investigation.
