Liverpool Council has a “organisation-wide culture where people do not feel accountable for managing public money” according to its government appointed commissioners.
The damning second report into performance at the Cunard Building has highlighted the management of city finances as a major area of concern in their 26-page update to Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. As the Whitehall officials recommend the appointment of a fifth member with responsibility for finance, their report has highlighted the monetary challenges still in situ for the local authority.
It said the financial situation at Liverpool Council was stark and faces “an increasingly difficult year ahead unless urgent action is taken across the organisation. The report said urgent stewardship of the finance function was required as “core functions that support the management of public money, notably procurement, are under-resourced and under strain.”
