Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy

The Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy:

• provides an understanding of the Council’s stance on fraud and corruption in relation to the Council’s activities, Members, employees and those undertaking the Council’s business;

• encourages Members, employees, those undertaking the Council’s business and the public to feel confident in raising serious concerns and the question and act upon concerns about practice; and

• provides mechanisms for concerns to be raised and dealt with confidentially.

The Strategy satisfies the legislative requirements of having effective arrangements for tackling fraud and conforms with professional guidance laid down in the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Code of Practice for Internal Audit in Local Government.

The Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy can be downloaded from this web page.

Whistleblowing Policy

The Whistleblowing Policy is intended to encourage and enable employees to raise serious concerns they have about any aspect of service provision or the conduct of officers or Members of the Council, or others acting on behalf of the Council.  These can be reported in accordance with the Whistleblowing Policy.

The Whistleblowing Policy can be downloaded from this web page.

Anti-Money Laundering Policy 

The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 into force on 15 December 2007.  The regulations require local authorities to establish internal procedures to prevent the use of their services for money laundering.

The Anti-Money Laundering Policy applies to officers and Members of the Council and can be downloaded from this web page. 


What a Member of the Public/Outside Organisation Should Do if they Suspect Fraud or Corruption