Former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson and former city politician Derek Hatton are among 12 people charged with bribery and misconduct relating to council contracts, Merseyside Police said.
The force said the charges come “following an extensive investigation (Operation Aloft) connected to the awarding of commercial and business contracts from Liverpool City Council between 2010 and 2020”.
Former Liverpool City Council director Nicholas Kavanagh, Sonjia Hatton, Julian Flanagan and Paul Flanagan are also among those charged, who range in age between 29 and 77, and they will all appear at Preston Magistrates’ Court on March 28.
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