A landfill site where a man lost a hard drive containing a Bitcoin wallet now worth about £620m is set to close.
in September, citing the cost of the project, alongside a £760m bill for equal pay claims, as key pressures on its finances.In a report to the council's audit committee, external auditors say the 8,000 issues were reported in the months after Oracle went live in April 2022.
The authority's total workforce is about 10,000.Among the problems identified were serious flaws which enabled staff to access and potentially alter data outside their areas of responsibility.The issues have also hampered effective budgetary control at the local authority, with departments not receiving financial monitoring reports and last year's budget still to be finalised.
The current state of the system also means some school staff have raised grievances against the council because they have not been paid correctly.In May, the BBC spoke to one school governor who
demanding payments for leased minibuses, because of problems with the new IT software.
An inability of the system to alert managers about staff allowances could also result in others being overpaid.The authority effectively
in September, citing the cost of the project, alongside a £760m bill for equal pay claims, as key pressures on its finances.In a report to the council's audit committee, external auditors say the 8,000 issues were reported in the months after Oracle went live in April 2022.
The authority's total workforce is about 10,000.Among the problems identified were serious flaws which enabled staff to access and potentially alter data outside their areas of responsibility.