By
Simon Allin
@SimonAllin3
Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Tory leader Cllr Joanne Laban has criticised extra spending on accounts
Enfield’s Conservative group has accused the council of incompetence after delays to submitting its annual accounts led to extra costs of more than £35,000.
Tory leader Cllr Joanne Laban said the money spent on additional audit fees could have been used to fund services such as waste collection, street cleansing and social care.
It was revealed at a general purposes committee meeting on January 14 that failing to submit the accounts by the November deadline had meant extra resources being put in by the external auditor.