It could be asked why has Cumberland Council to date failed to publish the information on the council's finances?
All councils operate under a Code issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in 2015 exercised his powers under section 2 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (“the Act”) and issued a Code of Practice that set out the publication of information by local authorities about the discharge of their functions and other matters which he considers to be related.
Among the code of practice list is the publication of speeding by a council.
Cumberland Council has stated publicly that the council is committed to making its finances clear, so that everyone can see exactly how it is spending money.
As part of this commitment to provide financial transparency, Cumberland Council stated that the council will publish all expenditure over £250 (excluding VAT).
To date that information since the 1st of April has not need published via the council's website for public examination. Unfortunately, the pledge and commitment by the council to date has been little more than flag waving and hot air with no delivery of the commitment pledge made by Westmorland and Furness Council to deliver transparency.
It could be asked why has Cumberland Council to date failed to publish the information on the council's finances?
Is it because the books don’t balance? or that the council is already having to look at making £10 million pounds worth of cuts to its budget next year?
Is it because the Q1 staffing budget does not balance?
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