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County Hall audit firm's contract for up to £30m
Loughborough Echo
|December 10, 2025
£1.4M DEAL TO FIND SAVINGS, MORE POSSIBLE IF THESE ARE IDENTIFIED
A CONTRACT worth up to £30 million has been agreed with the firm carrying out Leicestershire County Council's savings review.
Council leaders had said they would be paying Newton £1.4 million to carry out a deep dive of their books in a bid to reduce costs.
However, documents revealed the estimated contract value has been set at “up to £30 million” as a whole, with the £1.4 million audit phase one.
The council needs to plug an expected £90 million gap in its day-to-day spending by 2029 in order to balance its books.
It also has an £80 million shortfall in money set aside for projects and an £118 million deficit in its special needs budget.
This story is from the December 10, 2025 edition of Loughborough Echo.
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