Liverpool Council is facing a “really challenging” budget with “substantial” savings having to be found according to its interim chief executive.
As the local authority publishes its proposals to plug the £73m funding gap it faces for the next financial year, Theresa Grant said a “transformation and modernisation” was needed at the Cunard Building to deliver efficient public services. Ms Grant, who only took up her role in September and will be in post until May, said the council needed to be “fit for purpose” quickly.
She said: “What you’ll see in the budget is around balancing it basically, but for me that’s not the entirety of what we need to do and where we need to be. We’re very clear that residents are asking us for better services and to be better value for money so we need a transformation of the organisation and a modernisation.
