Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council gave former Chief Executive Harry Catherall a £130,000 pay-off when he ‘retired’ in April 2019.

The massive pay-off is recorded as “compensation for loss of office” in the Council’s 2019/20 Statement of Accounts.

The government has given the Council a grant of £56,788 to introduce 3 new bus routes for the Borough.

Blackburn with Darwen Council are spending £64,000 paying for 1,120 taxi drivers to have polycarbonate screens fitted in their cars.

The Council have chosen to charge businesses the maximum possible amount to set up tables and chairs on the pavement.

Labour have spent £1.5m introducing new blue bins to increase recycling rates by reducing confusion. However, they have increased confusion by delivering bins with the wrong lids.

At the Standards Committee meeting on 20th July, there was some baffling praise for Councillors.

Leader of the Council Mohammed Khan has pledged to avoid a Borough-wide lockdown if further measures are necessary to bring the spread of Covid-19 under control.

Conservative campaigner Martin Kerry asked the following question of Cllr Khan at the Council Forum:

Cllr Vicky McGurk has made an embarrassing U-turn on her explanations about Labour’s overspending on the Newfield ASD project.

The Council have acknowledged errors in its budgeting after forgetting to include demolition costs in the budget for a building project.

There are fears that Blackburn's new £5m bus station could be subsiding after a large crack appeared in its floor.