Liverpool Council is to appoint its fourth finance chief in the space of a year.
After losing the deputy chief executive and finance boss Mel Creighton amid the expensive electricity contract errors last year, the local authority has been left filling one of its most prominent posts at the Cunard Building with interim appointments, an issue highlighted by the government appointed commissioners. A third temporary member of staff is now expected to take up the role, subject to councillors signing off on the plan next week.
Ms Creighton resigned in May 2022 after a litany of mistakes came to light regarding the council’s failure to properly renegotiate its electricity contract with Scottish Power. That issue was only resolved last week when Liverpool Council’s cabinet resolved to pay £2.3m to schools impacted by ramped up energy bills as a result of its errors.
