Olly its another fine mess you got us into!

The unbelievably self overrated failed businessman and now a Northumberland County Councillor Nick Oliver of Corbridge whose period of office has been coloured by his inability to accept the truth on a huge number of fronts including paying his tax debts to the department he has been placed in charge of.

He is the financial portfolio holder of the Council and one of his more regular business collapses has according to County and regional newspapers left himself and his wife owing £31,000 in unpaid business rates.

This week he has attempted to revive another vicious misnomer or to be slightly more generous to Council Oliver a blatant lie. That of the new Council Offices that Labour was hoping to develop in Ashington one of the Councils most deprived areas would cost £80m.

Rumour from the 'dark zone' at Morpeth County Hall is that he was asked by a Labour Councillor Lynn Grimshaw to prove his claim, after the huge expensive refurbishment of Morpeth County Hall was debated at a scrutiny panel.

We here at Murky thought we would give the Councillor Oliver the Councils prime fairy story teller a bit of a hint, from a Freedom of Information request on the Government web site 'what do they know' the link is below and here's the shortened version of the answer:

In the recently released Northumberland Conservative manifesto 2017, in

the name of Conservative Leader, Councillor Peter Jackson, It is stated

that the new Council Offices being built in Ashington will cost £80M.

 The County Council has published in the local press that they have fixed a

price of £32M through their company ARCH with a national building

contractor Galliford Try for the development of the new building.

Which is the correct figure?

Answer:

The figure of £80m being quoted as the cost of the new Council Offices

building in Ashington is incorrect.  The outcome of the recent contractor

procurement exercise confirmed that the new office building will be

delivered within the original cost estimate of £32.2m. Therefore the true

figure is  the £32M

Isn't it a pity that the Conservative Portfolio holder for finance hasn't bothered to check the true facts before prattling on and making a complete fool of himself.

 Get on to your pc Oliver and let the next rumour from Morpeth County Hall where the Tory administration accused of corruption resides is that you have apologised to Labours Councillor Grimshaw. Murky won't hold its breath while we're waiting.

 

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/estimated_cost_of_new_council_of