THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN - JOHN PRESCOTT AND THE PATHFINDER SCHEME

An investigation into a City Council that was, described as:

Mismanaged Inadequate and Ill-Judged the report strips bare a system of secrecy, bad management and massive financial risk, bad news was watered down or kept from members and the Council exercised little control over spiralling costs, it was a catalogue of inexcusable mismanagement; inexplicable decision making, secrecy and miscommunication. The City Council tried to hide the true picture from its members and the people of Stoke-on-Trent