Senior officials at Liverpool City Council, including chief executive Ged Fitzgerald, have met with investigators probing alleged financial irregularities in the tendering of contracts to BT.
Lancashire Constabulary is investigating the now defunct Liverpool Direct Ltd partnership between the authority and BT.
The probe was launched after police were called in to look at Lancashire CC's One Connect joint venture with BT.
No suggestion of wrongdoing has been made against any of the officers – or Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson, who has also spoken with police about the allegations.
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