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Moving cash illegal

25th May 1979, Page 6
25th May 1979
Page 6
Page 6, 25th May 1979 — Moving cash illegal
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THE SHEFFIELD district auditor has declared payments of a man to South Yorks PTE staff to move offices as little as 100 y Illegal — and now the staff who authorised the payments may to repay the money themselves. So far the authority has paid out E8,556 in moving allowa, to staff who have, in some cases, had their journeys to v reduced by up to two miles. District auditor Herbert Harrison conducted a lengthy in tigation into the figures after complaints from ratepay organisations in the area. He has now declared the paym unreasonable and illegal. Mr Harrison must now decide whether to apply to the co for a formal declaration that the payments were illegal — at this is forthcoming, then the officials will face repaying the c A spokesman for the PTE told CM this week that it expected that the affair would be long and protracted, declined to make any comment.

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Locations: SHEFFIELD