Authorities Taking Over Funds of Failing Labour-Led Liverpool Metropolis Council
Levelling Up Secretary Greg Clark has introduced an efficient takeover of all monetary, governance and recruitment powers of the Labour-run Liverpool Metropolis Council, after a new report revealed but extra “critical shortcomings” within the council’s cash administration and management. The Council’s already been beneath particular measures since March 2021, when Robert Jenrick appointed 4 commissioners to regulate regeneration, highways, and housing. The hope was they’d stick round for 3 years to rebuild the council after its “breakdown“. It seems the scenario is so unhealthy they now want a fifth commissioner to deal with funds…
Clark additionally revealed in a letter to native councillors that Steve Rotheram, Liverpool’s Metro Mayor, will chair an “advisory panel” to “plan for Liverpool’s revival“:
“I’m decided to assist do every thing I can to assist Liverpool come out of the present intervention stronger and in a position to obtain its ambitions. The commissioners’ report reveals that there are nonetheless critical shortcomings that should be sorted out, particularly in monetary administration […] So following talks I had in particular person in Liverpool with Mayor Joanne Anderson and Mayor Steve Rotheram in current weeks, I’m appointing a brand new panel, chaired by that very same Mayor Rotheram and supported by among the wisest, and most skilled individuals in metropolis management, to steer this transition from present interventions to a profitable future.”
The largest Whitehall takeover of native authorities in historical past…
