A team of government commissioners tasked with overseeing major improvements at Liverpool Council have asked to delay their latest report because of the 'scale' of the problems they have uncovered.
The four commissioners were sent by ministers to oversee key departments at the city council as a result of last year's damning inspection by Max Caller. Mr Caller's investigation revealed a shocking litany of failures and poor practices at the Cunard administration.
The team, headed by lead commissioner Mike Cunningham, had been expected to submit their latest report on the council's improvement journey in April, but they have now asked for a delay until June 10, at which point they will have been in Liverpool for a year. In a letter to Secretary of State Michael Gove, Mr Cunningham revealed concerns at the scale of the task in hand and at the lack of urgency from the local authority in some areas.
