Political opponents have not held back in their verdicts on the damning report into Liverpool Council by government appointed commissioners.
Former Lord Mayor Cllr Anna Rothery, has called on current city Mayor Joanne Anderson and her cabinet to resign, while two former candidates to run the city have described the report as highlighting the controlling Labour group’s “utter failure”. A new approach to governance has also been proposed by Green Party group leader Cllr Tom Crone.
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.
