A new government finance commissioner appointed to oversee the financial decisions of Liverpool Council will be paid more than £1,000 a day by the taxpayers of the city.
It is expected that for performing his new role as one of five government officials overseeing the local authority, Stephen Hughes will receive £1,100 a day - paid for by city ratepayers. This is the same rate of pay handed to three existing commissioners, while lead commissioner Mike Cunningham is paid £1,200 a day for his work.
According to a letter from Maxwell Soule, deputy director at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to Theresa Grant, Liverpool Council’s interim chief executive, Mr Hughes will work just three days a week. It was revealed by the ECHO that government commissioners at the Cunard Building will also be handed new powers over governance, recruitment and financial decision-making at the council.
