Worried finance chiefs have warned some councils that invested in commercial property have been put at increased risk by the coronavirus pandemic.
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee this week heard that councils had spent £6.6bn on commercial property between 2016 and 2019 – 14 times more than in the previous three years.
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