Latest accounts show the large sums being earnt by a team of government commissioners overseeing work at Liverpool City Council.
The team of four Whitehall officials were installed at the council in June 2021 as a result of the damning findings of a government inspection. That inspection, by Max Caller, revealed a huge range of failings, mismanagement and wasted millions at the local authority.
The arrival of the team of commissioners, led by former police chief Mike Cunningham, was met with a mixed response. While some accepted that interventions were needed after the mistakes of the past, the idea of a Tory government-appointed team of officials overseeing the functions of a council in Liverpool have understandably never been welcomed.
