The commissioner appointed to oversee improvements at Sefton Council’s troubled children’s services department has warned councillors they are “chasing a red herring while the world burns.”
Paul Boyce, appointed by the government to oversee the council’s efforts at transforming the services, did not mince his words as he spoke to the borough’s overview and scrutiny committee on Wednesday, February 1.
Addressing the committee, he explained the role of the improvement board – which was recently restructured following criticism by the previous commissioner Paul Moffatt- includes scrutinising the actions of the council and the committee.
