More big changes have been made at the top of troubled Liverpool City Council.
The council remains under the supervision of a team of government commissioners, who were installed a year ago as a result of a hugely damning inspection report. That inspection, by Max Caller, lifted the lid on years of failings, problems and wasted money within the council's regeneration, property management and highways departments.
But the council's problems have continued. In May it was revealed that a series of calamitous mistakes over a new electricity contract could end up costing the city of Liverpool an additional £16 million in energy costs. In the wake of the scandal, the deputy mayor Jane Corbett was removed from the finance cabinet role, with former cabinet member Paul Brant brought in as assistant mayor for finance.
