The Government says it is "disappointed" with the pace of improvements being made at Nottingham City Council amid reports of a "distinct lack of urgency" at the authority. A minister says he will continue to assess whether commissioners should be sent in to run the council in future.
It comes following the latest report from the Improvement and Assurance Board (IAB), which has been overseeing improvements at Nottingham City Council since January 2021. The move followed issues including the misspend of £40 million and the collapse of Robin Hood Energy.
The IAB has been sending quarterly reports to the Government on the council's progress and the latest one, sent to the Government on February 24, says the "pace of improvement must be accelerated." Sir Tony Redmond, the chair of the IAB, says in the report: "The Council has made progress in a number of areas in terms of improvement and recovery but there has been a distinct lack of urgency in tackling the necessary change."
