Commissioners overseeing Liverpool Council have had their say on the budget position it finds itself in.
Last week the Whitehall appointed team to monitor progress at the Cunard administration was expanded from their original 2021 remit, set by then Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Robert Jenrick, to include a new official for finance. Stephen Hughes, former chief executive of Birmingham City Council, has joined the four existing government appointed officials and has been handed a directive to monitor the council’s finances after the recruitment of a specialist commissioner was recommended in a second report issued by the government mandated officers in August.
In the budget documents published yesterday, revealing how Liverpool Council expects to plug its £73m budget blackhole through service cuts, potential job losses and increased fees and charges, the commissioners - led by Mike Cunningham - have offered their assessment.
