Stockport Council News

At this time there was a shortfall in the funding of the school of £2.4m – Remember it was to have only cost £5.5m a few months before. Why the further rise, I asked. Don’t be vexatious, they replied, and they still do. Dodgy LibDems.

In October 2005 the toxic waste dump school was to have cost £5.5m, by
February 2006 it had gone up to £8m. Why, I asked. Don’t be “vexatious” replied the Stockport LibDems and they still do.

The costs of the toxic waste dump primary school rise from £5.5m to £10m over a few short months and I am branded “vexatious” for questioning it. The cost does not include contamination remediation, as at this point the corrupt LibDems were still pretending the school site was safe without remediation.

Stockport Council uses a figure of £1450/m2 for the toxic waste dump school.

In the second document they explain away the massive rise from £5.5m to £10m over a few months by explaining it in part with a rise in area from 2600m2 to 3185m2. They cost this increase at £1.050m. However 3185 – 2600 = an increase of 585m2 @ £1450 = £848,250 and not £1.050m – a financial irregularity of £201,750.

I have been trying for well over five years to get Steve Houston, Stockport’s Director of Finance to respond regarding this large irregularity. I have asked all the LibDem Executive Councillors, the Chief Executive et al. There is a fraud and financial irregularities policy at Stockport, but it is not a functioning one. Apparently it is “vexatious” of me to mention this.