Nottingham City Council is yet to receive any news from the Conservative Government over planned commissioner intervention. Ministers revealed they were "minded to" send in commissioners to take control of operations over a month ago, but the collapse of Boris Johnson's Government has left the city in limbo.
It is understood the Government has been considering sending in two commissioners, having become further concerned over the discovery of the mismanagement of funds in the council's Housing Revenue Account. Money from the HRA is intended for council tenants only, but it is now thought an estimated £40m may have been misspent.
Sir Tony Redmond, who is the current chairman of the Improvement and Assurances Board (IAB), which was appointed after the collapse of Robin Hood Energy, was intended to become the lead commissioner. The IAB is the body which reports back to the Government's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and ministers then respond with their thoughts on the council's progress.
