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    Some of the more costly mistakes and bad decisions,

    Date Issued by Link Decriptions
    09/05/05 Doubts
    raised on council accounts
    The Audit Commission refuses to sign
    off North East Lincolnshire’s accounts over doubts about their accuracy.
    Council
    ‘put on road to recovery’
    Troubled North East Lincolnshire
    Council has taken its first steps towards recovery, government
    inspectors say.
    12/05/05 Council
    ‘put on road to recovery’
    Troubled North East Lincolnshire
    Council has taken its first steps towards recovery, government
    inspectors say.
    29/04/05 Council
    agrees education shake-up
    North East Lincolnshire Council names
    the company set to take over its troubled education department.
    09/12/04 Council
    blasted in Ofsted report
    North East Lincolnshire Council is
    heavily criticised by Ofsted over the running of its schools.
    15/10/04 Council
    move to make pay changes
    Staff at North East Lincolnshire
    Council are to have their jobs re-evaluated.
    29/07/04 Kill
    your bill council campaign
    North East Lincolnshire council tells
    residents to tear-up their council tax bills.
    17/06/04 Plans
    for joint council control
    Conservatives and Liberal Democrats
    agree on a scheme to jointly run North East Lincolnshire Council.
    02/07/04 ‘Weak’
    council appoints new boss
    North East Lincolnshire Council has a
    new chief executive to lead its reorganisation after a critical report.
    22/06/04 Council
    sorry for Huntley errors
    A council criticised in the Bichard
    Report apologises for errors in its referral system.
    10/04/04 MP
    angry at council housing plans
    Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell accuses
    North East Lincolnshire Council of undue haste in getting rid of
    council housing stock.
    03/02/04 Council
    to review Huntley case
    North East Lincolnshire Council
    appoints an independent chairman to review its handling of allegations
    against Ian Huntley.
    24/03/04 Council
    lashed by watchdog
    A council admits that it allowed its
    finances to get into a mess but says changes are being made.
    10/07/03 Council
    gets tough over debts
    Debt collectors are employed by a
    council owed almost £1m by defaulting past tenants
    25/11/03 Residents
    demand action on smell
    A smell from a sewage works leads to
    1,500 people in Grimsby signing a petition asking for something to be
    done.
    15/12/05 Council
    declared worst in country
    North East Lincolnshire is the only
    authority to be given no stars as part of a country-wide Audit
    Commission survey.
    29/01/09 Councils
    defend ‘spy’ powers use
    New figures show Lincolnshire
    councils have used surveillance powers on more than 200 occasions in
    the past three years.
    01/01/09 7 Million Money Lost In Iclandinc bank
    7 Million
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/ frfgy
    02/05/00 http://www.communitycare.co.uk/ Suspended director to leave North East Lincs
    26/11/04 bbc North
    East Lincolnshire Council is to ask the government for more cash after
    finding that its spending on schools has overshot targets by £5m this
    year.
    13/04/05 http://news.bbc.co.uk Three
    senior staff members have been suspended from a social housing group
    that manages more than 8,400 council homes in North East Lincolnshire.
    15/12/05 http://news.bbc.co.uk The leaders of a council branded the worst in the
    country have vowed to continue a policy of improvement.
    21/11/06 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1 Owners
    of derelict properties in North East Lincolnshire are to be offered
    interest-free loans in a council drive to reduce the number of empty
    homes.
    24/05/07 http://news.bbc.co.uk/ A
    council once considered the worst in the country has been released from
    special government monitoring.
    12/04/08 audit-commission.gov.uk Audit
    commission report on shore line Shoreline
    13/04/08 Shorelineresponse Shoreline
    house response to audit commission report, basically no response
    01/01/09 £7,000,000.00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Losses
    from Icelandic fiasco
    North
    East Lincs Council, which is controlled by a Lib Dem-Tory coalition,
    was the only authority to get a no-star rating from the Audit
    Commission.
    09/05/05 Doubts
    raised on council accounts
    The Audit Commission refuses to sign
    off North East Lincolnshire’s accounts over doubts about their accuracy.
    Council
    ‘put on road to recovery’
    Troubled North East Lincolnshire
    Council has taken its first steps towards recovery, government
    inspectors say.
    12/05/05 Council
    ‘put on road to recovery’
    Troubled North East Lincolnshire
    Council has taken its first steps towards recovery, government
    inspectors say.
    29/04/05 Council
    agrees education shake-up
    North East Lincolnshire Council names
    the company set to take over its troubled education department.
    09/12/04 Council
    blasted in Ofsted report
    North East Lincolnshire Council is
    heavily criticised by Ofsted over the running of its schools.
    15/10/04 Council
    move to make pay changes
    Staff at North East Lincolnshire
    Council are to have their jobs re-evaluated.
    29/07/04 Kill
    your bill council campaign
    North East Lincolnshire council tells
    residents to tear-up their council tax bills.
    17/06/04 Plans
    for joint council control
    Conservatives and Liberal Democrats
    agree on a scheme to jointly run North East Lincolnshire Council.
    02/07/04 ‘Weak’
    council appoints new boss
    North East Lincolnshire Council has a
    new chief executive to lead its reorganisation after a critical report.
    22/06/04 Council
    sorry for Huntley errors
    A council criticised in the Bichard
    Report apologises for errors in its referral system.
    10/04/04 MP
    angry at council housing plans
    Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell accuses
    North East Lincolnshire Council of undue haste in getting rid of
    council housing stock.
    03/02/04 Council
    to review Huntley case
    North East Lincolnshire Council
    appoints an independent chairman to review its handling of allegations
    against Ian Huntley.
    24/03/04 Council
    lashed by watchdog
    A council admits that it allowed its
    finances to get into a mess but says changes are being made.
    10/07/03 Council
    gets tough over debts
    Debt collectors are employed by a
    council owed almost £1m by defaulting past tenants
    25/11/03 Residents
    demand action on smell
    A smell from a sewage works leads to
    1,500 people in Grimsby signing a petition asking for something to be
    done.
    15/12/05 Council
    declared worst in country
    North East Lincolnshire is the only
    authority to be given no stars as part of a country-wide Audit
    Commission survey.
    29/01/09 Councils
    defend ‘spy’ powers use
    New figures show Lincolnshire
    councils have used surveillance powers on more than 200 occasions in
    the past three years.
    01/01/09 7 Million Money Lost In Iclandinc bank
    7 Million
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/ frfgy
    02/05/00 http://www.communitycare.co.uk/ Suspended director to leave North East Lincs
    26/11/04 bbc North
    East Lincolnshire Council is to ask the government for more cash after
    finding that its spending on schools has overshot targets by £5m this
    year.
    13/04/05 http://news.bbc.co.uk Three
    senior staff members have been suspended from a social housing group
    that manages more than 8,400 council homes in North East Lincolnshire.
    15/12/05 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4531174.stm The leaders of a council branded the worst in the
    country have vowed to continue a policy of improvement.
    21/11/06 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1 Owners
    of derelict properties in North East Lincolnshire are to be offered
    interest-free loans in a council drive to reduce the number of empty
    homes.
    24/05/07 http://news.bbc.co.uk/ A
    council once considered the worst in the country has been released from
    special government monitoring.
    12/04/08 audit-commission.gov.uk Audit
    commission report on shore line Shoreline
    13/04/08 Shorelineresponse Shoreline
    house response to audit commission report, basically no response
    01/01/09 £7,000,000.00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Losses
    from Icelandic fiasco
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6689431.stm North
    East Lincs Council, which is controlled by a Lib Dem-Tory coalition,
    was the only authority to get a no-star rating from the Audit
    Commission.
    Date Issued by Link Decriptions
    09/05/05 Doubts
    raised on council accounts
    The Audit Commission refuses to sign
    off North East Lincolnshire’s accounts over doubts about their accuracy.
    Council
    ‘put on road to recovery’
    Troubled North East Lincolnshire
    Council has taken its first steps towards recovery, government
    inspectors say.
    12/05/05 Council
    ‘put on road to recovery’
    Troubled North East Lincolnshire
    Council has taken its first steps towards recovery, government
    inspectors say.
    29/04/05 Council
    agrees education shake-up
    North East Lincolnshire Council names
    the company set to take over its troubled education department.
    09/12/04 Council
    blasted in Ofsted report
    North East Lincolnshire Council is
    heavily criticised by Ofsted over the running of its schools.
    15/10/04 Council
    move to make pay changes
    Staff at North East Lincolnshire
    Council are to have their jobs re-evaluated.
    29/07/04 Kill
    your bill council campaign
    North East Lincolnshire council tells
    residents to tear-up their council tax bills.
    17/06/04 Plans
    for joint council control
    Conservatives and Liberal Democrats
    agree on a scheme to jointly run North East Lincolnshire Council.
    02/07/04 ‘Weak’
    council appoints new boss
    North East Lincolnshire Council has a
    new chief executive to lead its reorganisation after a critical report.
    22/06/04 Council
    sorry for Huntley errors
    A council criticised in the Bichard
    Report apologises for errors in its referral system.
    10/04/04 MP
    angry at council housing plans
    Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell accuses
    North East Lincolnshire Council of undue haste in getting rid of
    council housing stock.
    03/02/04 Council
    to review Huntley case
    North East Lincolnshire Council
    appoints an independent chairman to review its handling of allegations
    against Ian Huntley.
    24/03/04 Council
    lashed by watchdog
    A council admits that it allowed its
    finances to get into a mess but says changes are being made.
    10/07/03 Council
    gets tough over debts
    Debt collectors are employed by a
    council owed almost £1m by defaulting past tenants
    25/11/03 Residents
    demand action on smell
    A smell from a sewage works leads to
    1,500 people in Grimsby signing a petition asking for something to be
    done.
    15/12/05 Council
    declared worst in country
    North East Lincolnshire is the only
    authority to be given no stars as part of a country-wide Audit
    Commission survey.
    29/01/09 Councils
    defend ‘spy’ powers use
    New figures show Lincolnshire
    councils have used surveillance powers on more than 200 occasions in
    the past three years.
    Doubts
    raised on council accounts
    The Audit Commission refuses to sign
    off North East Lincolnshire’s accounts over doubts about their accuracy.
    09/05/05
    Council
    ‘put on road to recovery’
    Troubled North East Lincolnshire
    Council has taken its first steps towards recovery, government
    inspectors say.
    Council
    ‘put on road to recovery’
    Troubled North East Lincolnshire
    Council has taken its first steps towards recovery, government
    inspectors say.
    12/05/05
    Council
    agrees education shake-up
    North East Lincolnshire Council names
    the company set to take over its troubled education department.
    29/04/05
    Council
    blasted in Ofsted report
    North East Lincolnshire Council is
    heavily criticised by Ofsted over the running of its schools.
    09/12/04
    Council
    move to make pay changes
    Staff at North East Lincolnshire
    Council are to have their jobs re-evaluated.
    15/10/04
    Kill
    your bill council campaign
    North East Lincolnshire council tells
    residents to tear-up their council tax bills.
    29/07/04
    Plans
    for joint council control
    Conservatives and Liberal Democrats
    agree on a scheme to jointly run North East Lincolnshire Council.
    17/06/04
    ‘Weak’
    council appoints new boss
    North East Lincolnshire Council has a
    new chief executive to lead its reorganisation after a critical report.
    02/07/04
    Council
    sorry for Huntley errors
    A council criticised in the Bichard
    Report apologises for errors in its referral system.
    22/06/04
    MP
    angry at council housing plans
    Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell accuses
    North East Lincolnshire Council of undue haste in getting rid of
    council housing stock.
    10/04/04
    Council
    to review Huntley case
    North East Lincolnshire Council
    appoints an independent chairman to review its handling of allegations
    against Ian Huntley.
    03/02/04
    Council
    lashed by watchdog
    A council admits that it allowed its
    finances to get into a mess but says changes are being made.
    24/03/04
    Council
    gets tough over debts
    Debt collectors are employed by a
    council owed almost £1m by defaulting past tenants
    10/07/03
    Residents
    demand action on smell
    A smell from a sewage works leads to
    1,500 people in Grimsby signing a petition asking for something to be
    done.
    25/11/03
    Council
    declared worst in country
    North East Lincolnshire is the only
    authority to be given no stars as part of a country-wide Audit
    Commission survey.
    15/12/05
    Councils
    defend ‘spy’ powers use
    New figures show Lincolnshire
    councils have used surveillance powers on more than 200 occasions in
    the past three years.
    29/01/09
    02/05/00 Suspended
    director to leave North East Lincs
    http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2000/05/02/20511/suspended-director-to-leave-north-east-lincs.html
    26/11/04 North
    East Lincolnshire Council is to ask the government for more cash after
    finding that its spending on schools has overshot targets by £5m this
    year.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/humber/4046513.stm
    13/04/05 Three
    senior staff members have been suspended from a social housing group
    that manages more than 8,400 council homes in North East Lincolnshire.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4905974.stm
    15/12/05 The
    leaders of a council branded the worst in the country have vowed to
    continue a policy of improvement.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4531174.stm
    21/11/06 Owners
    of derelict properties in North East Lincolnshire are to be offered
    interest-free loans in a council drive to reduce the number of empty
    homes.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6168506.stm
    24/05/07 A council once considered the worst in the country
    has been released from special government monitoring.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6689431.stm
    12/04/08 Audit commission report on shore line Shoreline audit-commission.gov.uk udit commision
    13/04/08 Shoreline house response to audit commission
    report, basically no response
    Shorelineresponse shoreline
    01/01/09 Losses from Icelandic fiasco £7,000,000.00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/
    North
    East Lincs Council, which is controlled by a Lib Dem-Tory coalition,
    was the only authority to get a no-star rating from the Audit
    Commission.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6689431.stm
    Date Briefing Costs Links author
    13/04/08 Shoreline house response to
    audit commission report, basically no response
    Shorelineresponse shoreline
    12/04/08 Audit commission report on
    shore lineShoreline
    httdf udit commision
    01/01/09 Losses from Icelandic fiasco 7000000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/
    01/01/09 Money Lost In
    Iclandinc bank
    7 Million
    7 Million
    frfgy http://news.bbc.co.uk/
    Date Briefing Costs Links author Monkey rating
    13/04/08 Shoreline
    house response to audit commission report, basically no response
    http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Products/BVIR/0BB0B22E-0ACB-45d1-9827-520ECEAE99E2/Shorelineresponse14508.pdf shoreline
    12/04/08 Audit
    commission report on shore lineShoreline
    http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Products/BVIR/0BB0B22E-0ACB-45d1-9827-520ECEAE99E2/ShorelineHousingPartnershipHousingManagementServices13Mar08REP.pdf udit commision
    01/01/09 Losses
    from Icelandic fiasco
    7000000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/
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    Jan 2009 Money Lost In Iclandinc bank 7 Million http://news.bbc.co.uk/
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