Councils across the UK fined more than £10m for breaching health and safety rules

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Councils across the UK fined more than £10m for breaching health and safety rules.

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Councils across the UK have been fined more than £10million for breaking health and safety rules since the start of the decade, a GB News audit can reveal.The People's Channel examined Health and Safety Executive data and uncovered that 36 breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc.

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Act 1974 have been recorded from the beginning of 2020 until April, totalling £11,406,107 in costs to the various councils.

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The single largest fine was given to Cambridgeshire County Council last year, after they were charged with multiple safety breaches following the death of three people on the world's longest guided busway.The council was fined £6million after Jennifer Taylor, Steve Moir, and Kathleen Pitts died following collisions on the Cambridgeshire busway between 2015 and 2021.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The council was charged in April last year and ordered to pay the fine over three years.East Dunbartonshire Council committed the most breaches within the time frame, breaching five...

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