WARNINGS GROW ABOUT UK LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRAFT
February 18th, 2024
Warnings are growing that the current legal framework in the UK fails to provide effective measures to tackle corruption in local government. This coupled with a lack of resources and expertise dedicated to investigating and prosecuting corruption cases adds to the difficulties.
The professional association for council monitoring officers, Lawyers in Local Government (LLG), is the latest to sound the alarm with its president Rachel McKoy telling The Guardian newspaper that they had raised concerns about the “complete lack of sanctions” for wrongdoing. She ...
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