local authority has identified more than £1.1m in overpayments for 96 claims made as part of three government grant schemes it administered.
Most of these were payment errors and a further four were ineligible claims.So far, the council has recovered around half a million pound in overpayments.But £343,000 paid out to 28 fraudulent claims for grants is still oustanding.It comes after the council handed around £80m in emergency financial support to businesses based in the borough during the coronavirus crisis.Deputy chief executive Paul McKevitt told the audit committee this week that the council's priority was to distribute the funding as quickly as possible.He said: "We could have been tougher in terms of what we asked businesses for but.
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