Article: Council's 'negligence over period of time' Torbay Council has been found guilty of 'chronic failure' and 'neglect' after another saga over providing information to a government body, a court heard.

Torbay Council has been found guilty of 'chronic failure' and 'neglect' after another saga over providing information to a government body, a court heard.

The authority was yesterday fined pounds1,000 and ordered to pay pounds500 costs in a case which saw chief executive Elizabeth Raikes named as one of the key members of staff at fault.

The council also incurred further legal costs in its defence.

The authority pleaded guilty to the charge of 'neglecting to furnish information when required' to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, which brought the prosecution after it took the local authority a year to pass on details about apprentices' earnings.

Magistrates sitting at Torquay fined the ...

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