The city’s new Labour leader has accepted that some of the 17,500 trees cut down were healthy.
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… council accepts it repeatedly gave out misleading information about the 25-year contract…
The Guardian writes:
Sheffield city council has issued a lengthy open apology for misleading the public, the media and the courts in a bitter dispute over its “flawed” programme to fell 17,500 street trees – many of which it now accepts were healthy.
Tom Hunt, the council’s new Labour leader, said he accepted some people would “never forgive” the local authority for the mistakes it made during the long-running saga, which led to elderly residents being arrested in dawn raids and one councillor facing prison….
The council accepts it repeatedly gave out misleading information about the 25-year contract it signed with the outsourcing firm Amey…
… The council accepts that it misled two high court judges via the council’s five-year tree management strategy, which it knew was flawed. “Misleading the courts is a serious matter and we will write to them to apologise,” Hunt and Josephs said.
