Liverpool Council’s “well known” problems should be left to its own staff to manage according to the city’s Mayor, who has questioned the need for further intervention for a second time.
In the aftermath of the announcement of further government intervention in Liverpool last week, Mayor Joanne Anderson has said should the Whitehall-appointed commissioners overseeing the city not be able to report on “measurable improvements” by their third report in December, it will represent a failure of the intervention model. In a lengthy second statement following last week’s report, Mayor Anderson said the “sheer presence of commissioners” was impacting the local authority’s workforce and overall culture.
It was revealed on Friday that the government is to take over all financial, governance and recruitment powers from troubled Liverpool Council. That announcement came ahead of an excoriating second report from commissioners installed at the Cunard Building who identified a litany of failures at the council, around its handling of public money and leadership in particular.
