The organisation to lead an independent investigation into Liverpool Council requested by its own auditors will be confirmed next month.
Chris Walsh, the local authority’s deputy monitoring officer, said he would be in a position to confirm the identity of the chosen body who will look into dealings at the Cunard Building at the request of accountancy firm Grant Thornton. The auditors have said it cannot sign off on the council’s books for 2019/20 until an external investigation had taken place into practices behind closed doors.
Mr Walsh told Liverpool Council’s audit committee that an appointment would be confirmed on the week of 9th May. He said: “We were going through a process which has concluded this week.
