Nick Meir
EXCLUSIVE: Secret audit report exposes “fundamental weaknesses” in council spending controls
Calderdale Council want to keep a damning audit report behind closed doors. We've seen it, and believe the public has a right to know what it found.
Calderdale Inside Out has seen a restricted council report revealing “fundamental weaknesses” in the process of procuring and paying for highways
Festival losses and fresh warnings over Walshaw Moor
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Welcome to this week's newsletter from Calderdale Inside Out
I’ve been involved in the arts (in one form or another) for most of my life. And I understand how grassroots arts programming can have a transformational impact within communities . So this week’s investigation into the
Stage At Lake box office flop: Why did the Council’s Culturedale team spend almost £100K promoting just one event?
Calderdale Council admits “Stage At The Lake” required a “significant Council subsidy” after ticket sales fell short of its original business case. The acknowledgement comes after Calderdale Inside Out found almost £100,000 was spent on marketing consultants and advertising for the event.
It was meant to be the start
Calderdale Wind Farm: Has Natural England and the Environment Agency rung a death knell for the project?
Last year Calderdale Inside Out highlighted warnings that development on Walshaw Moor could damage peat and affect flood risk, now the Environment Agency says it has still not seen modelling to assess the wind farm’s flood impact, and Natural England says ecological problems may be impossible to compensate for.
£2.9m car parking surplus: Calderdale admits legal publishing and accounting failures
Calderdale Inside Out investigation exposes failure to meet government transparency rules and an accounting gap over legally restricted parking money since 2018
This one surprised even us. Calderdale Council has admitted it does not publish the legally required breakdown showing how its parking surplus is spent—and has promised to
Reform announces change to town centre works following dramatic drop in business footfall
Charles Street in the Town Centre will now remain open to general traffic under changes announced by Calderdale’s Reform administration. Harvey’s of Halifax say last two years has been toughest ever.
Earlier this week Calderdale Reform announced changes to the planned works in Halifax Town Centre, on their