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Opinion: Nottingham Labour council repeatedly investigates and clears itself

By Tony Sutton | Mon 21st March 2011 - 1:08 pm

You couldn’t make it up!

Nottingham City Council allocated Council Houses to people who shouldn’t have had them and when the Auditor exposed the practise they came to a cosy agreement with the police to let them investigate themselves

Nottingham City Council communications before local elections in 2007 bore a striking resemblance to Labour slogans. The Auditor accepted Council assurances and did not seek a court ruling on the lawfulness. When I discovered a document suggesting Officer involvement in Council and Labour communications the Auditor agreed to let the Council investigate this itself.

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