The lead commissioner at Liverpool City Council has strongly stated that his team will call on the government to significantly increase its control of the troubled local authority.
Mike Cunningham currently leads a team of four government-appointed commissioners, who were installed to oversee the work of key departments at Liverpool Council just over a year ago. Their arrival was triggered by the revelations of a damning government inspection that revealed huge failings and mismanagement at the Cunard organisation.
But problems at the council have continued to be uncovered, including huge and costly failings over the council's electricity contract. An independent report into that contract today highlighted 'clear and strategic failings at a strategic level' and criticised the leadership of Tony Reeves, who resigned as chief executive last week.
