THE council’s executive board will discuss whether it should grant a 10-year loan to Warrington Collegiate at tonight’s meeting at the Town Hall.

The scrutiny committee met at the Town Hall on Monday after Cllr Colin Froggatt (LAB – Poulton South) asked for the decision to provide the loan, which the Warrington Guardian believes to be around £11 million, to be 'called in'.

But after debating for more than an hour, councillors deferred the ‘call in’ on the grounds of exceptional circumstances.

At the meeting the council’s solicitor Tim Date said the matter ‘needs to be resolved’ by August 1 and confirmed the executive board is 'entitled to proceed' with a decision tonight.

There is a possibility that the scrutiny committee could hold a meeting to examine the issue next Thursday or Friday, or at a later date.

The meeting will commence at 6.30pm.

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