Harrow’s cost of getting it wrong: who is advising the council when taxpayers keep picking up the bill?

Harrow Council’s £30,000 compensation payment over two protected trees might appear an unusual one-off dispute. Viewed alongside other expenditure when council decisions and services have gone wrong, however, it raises a bigger question: how effectively is Harrow assessing legal and financial risk before committing taxpayers’ money? Royal Sun Alliance Insurance claimed two protected trees wereContinue reading “Harrow’s cost of getting it wrong: who is advising the council when taxpayers keep picking up the bill?”