A council branded reckless for excessively borrowing to buy up commercial property has undergone a finance peer review from the Local Government Association (LGA).

Cllr John Boughtflower, who took over as Spelthorne BC leader in June, said his administration had invited in the LGA to ‘provide an independent health check on our financial performance and provide constructive feedback both on what we are doing well and to make suggestions as to where we can make improvements’.