Select Committee · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Local Council bank loans inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Jul 2015 Closed: 24 Apr 2017

On 6 July 2015 a Channel 4 Dispatches programme revealed that many Local Authorities had taken out loans from banks for which Councils were paying high interest rates and which many Councils were locked into because of expensive "break" clauses. The report suggested that up to one fifth of Council borrowing was taken out under …

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
20 Jul 2015 Session View ↗