Rossendale

More grief for Rossendale as HCA seek more detail of compliance.

The Rossendale Chief Executive notes:

“As a result of a number of external factors the HCA have increased their demand from Rossendale around this project, requesting a full review of certification and all papers in this."

Meanwhile there is a 'complex fraud investigation' underway into the failure of AAWC Ltd. that was responsible for much of the original delivery.

This is a further article in the Rossendale Free Press, which usefully lists previous stories at the end. However, we will need to wait for the final report . Much of what is appearing at the moment comes from a leaked draft of an audit report and we will need to wait till the final report is leaked before we know exactly what lessons are to be learned.

But what has been exposed to date suggests that those lessons are going to be for better-paid senior management rather than front-line empty homes pracittioners.

The Lancashire Telegraph provides some details from a leaked report about the difficulties faced by the £5M+ Rossendale empty homes scheme which apparently implicates the previous Chief Executive in poor management and oversight of the project.

The story is also discussed with more bite in an anonymous column in the Rossendale Free Press.

The final report is said to be due in December 2015.