There was a need to bring in “some external intervention” to Liverpool Council but frustration remains over the speed and length over the government’s presence in the city according to Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Communities.
Whitehall appointed commissioners have been in situ at the Cunard Building for more than 18 months now following the damning Caller Report in 2021 which highlighted the shortcomings within the city council. In December, the five-strong team said they were “optimistic” about the city’s direction of travel, despite the appointment of a new finance commissioner and a £73m funding blackhole to fill.
Speaking to the ECHO on Liverpool, Levelling Up and the Labour Party, Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, said the party also recognised the need for the city to be supported in some way. She said: “We haven't challenged the idea that it was important to bring in some external intervention, in order to deal with and stabilise the situation in Liverpool, it was clear that there needed to be some kind of intervention.
