A local government enforcer has been drafted in to lead a review of governance at Northumberland County Council after a string of scandals rocked the authority.
There has been significant concerns over the running of the council since August 2020, when chief executive Daljit Lally OBE was placed on "extended leave" after raising whistleblowing concerns.
She later returned to work after council leader Peter Jackson lost a vote of no confidence in September of the same year, losing by a single vote after members of his own administration turned against him.
