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By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter
Warrington Town Hall TOWN Hall chiefs are unable to tell taxpayers when Warrington Borough Council can begin to expect receiving income from its £30 million Redwood Bank investment. As reported in September, auditor Grant Thornton found no ‘clear evidence’ that the council acted unlawfully in making the investment. In January 2017, the Labour-run authority controversially agreed to pay the money to buy a 33 per cent share in the bank. But the council failed to sign off its 2017-18 statement of accounts before the deadline of July 31 in 2018 due to a valid objection questioning whether the investment was legal.