The dramatic collapse of Boris Johnson's government has left the country in limbo - but Liverpool is facing a particularly uncertain future after the events of last week.
The city council is bracing itself for the latest report from a team of commissioners currently installed at the troubled local authority. Those commissioners were, until last Wednesday, due to report to Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove about what steps would be taken next in Liverpool.
But Mr Gove was sacked in one of Boris Johnson's final, desperate acts before he announced his own resignation on the steps of Downing Street. Mr Gove's removal, along with the departure of a host of ministerial resignations from the same department will have caused more uncertainty for councils across the land, especially ones awaiting momentous decisions.
