Borough Council update on its anti-fraud activities

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The Council is committed to preventing, detecting and investigating instances of fraud, and ensuring that appropriate action is taken against those committing fraud. Our Corporate Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Team (CAFACT) is made up of qualified and accredited investigators whose remit includes uncovering and investigating fraud against the Council, including: housing and council tax benefit fraud […]

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Borough Council reveals wide recycling mix for new recycling service

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Cllr Rois Amiah has welcomed the significant extension of local recycling which was announced last Thursday at the Council’s Executive meeting. The new service is due to start this summer, and up until now all that was known was that the kerbside collection would be extended from the current paper, card and cans, to cover […]

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£5.4 million returned to Council by Icelandic bank

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Responding to the announcement that the administrators of failed Icelandic bank Glitnir have transferred £180 million to local authority bank accounts, Council Leader, Cllr Mrs Joan Spiers, said: “We are absolutely delighted that a further £5.4 million of our investment in Icelandic banks has just been returned to us. This is great news for our […]

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Council aims to cut emissions through voltage optimisation

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See the full article here: http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=21967&title=Local+council+aims+to+cut+emissions+through+voltage+optimisation+

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Council’s Customer Services retain Customer Excellence award

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After a Review on the 4th January, the Borough Council’s Customer Services team has retained the Customer Excellence award for a further 3 years. The team was congratulated on demonstrating on-going Customer Service Excellence. Specific highlights included: Staff are professional in their approach and have excellent people skills, they are smart and confident and it […]

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