Taxpayers face £67.5m bill over Croydon Council 'failings'
Taxpayers have been hit with a £67.5m bill over "financial and legal failings" by Croydon Council, according to a report.
The venue was shut between 2016 and 2019. Work on it was supposed to be funded from the sale of housing to be built on land next door.Former Croydon Council bosses were blamed for failing to fulfil their statutory duties "Officers treated Brick by Brick as an extended department of the council" rather than closing off the cash flow, they said.
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