Liverpool schools are facing 'damaging uncertainty' over their finances after a catalogue of costly errors at the city council.
Earlier this year, it was revealed how a litany of mistakes at the council had added as much as £16 million on to the city's energy bill. Council leaders were not informed that the electricity provider it was dealing with had actually withdrawn from the commercial market, leading to the local authority - and other city institutions - were automatically placed onto a standard, far more expensive contract.
The crisis has had far reaching consequences both within the council and beyond. The revelations of the mistakes were followed by the dramatic resignation of deputy chief executive and finance director Mel Creighton, while deputy mayor Jane Corbett had her finance portfolio removed.
