Six severance payments totalling more than £1m made by Northumberland Council to senior officers were unlawful, the council’s section 151 officer has concluded.
Jan Willis has been examining eight exit packages dating back to 2017, having already issued a section 114 notice in May last year after finding expenditure was likely to be unlawful.
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