Government To Take Greater Control Of Liverpool City Council Liverpool

It comes after another critical report on the local authority was published by four commissioners appointed last year to work with council staff in key areas following an inspection. The report, published on Friday and addressed to communities secretary Greg Clark, said some services were “failing” and needed “urgent reform”. It warns that poor performance in procurement, finance and auditing is limiting the council’s “ability to operate at a critical time” and called for the role of “finance commissioner” to be added. It comes after a report in June revealed that Liverpool City Council’s failure to renew contracts in a number of services could cost it millions. Clark, in a letter to commissioners, expressed concerns about the financial situation facing the council. “I agree with your assessment that the council continues to fail in the best value of its duty and therefore intend to extend the intervention.” Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. But government intervention was questioned by Liverpool City Mayor Joanne Anderson, who tweeted: “Further government intervention will not solve the problems facing Liverpool City Council – these are common issues faced across local government . “Therefore, I accept the problems, but question the solution.” While thanking the commissioners, as well as the Secretary of State, he said: “While I recognize there are gaps in the skill and capability of our workforce, this is not unique to Liverpool. “The UK is facing acute skills shortages too [is] it is widely known that local councils are struggling to improve capacity in key areas, which is making us reliant on temporary staff which costs more in the short term.’ A key reform is expected to be the creation of an advisory committee on Liverpool’s strategic future, chaired by the Mayor of the City of Liverpool, Steve Rotheram, and including Judith Blake, the former leader of Leeds City Council, as well as Sir Howard Bernstein. former chief executive of Manchester City Council. Rotheram denied any suggestion that the committee had been set up to run the council. He tweeted: “The committee is here to work with the mayor and council not to run it. We do not take control of the day-to-day statutory services. We will advise and offer support in defining strategic long-term plans and priorities.” PA Media contributed to this report

title: “Government To Take Greater Control Of Liverpool City Council Liverpool Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-17” author: “Dave Enos”

It comes after another critical report on the local authority was published by four commissioners appointed last year to work with council staff in key areas following an inspection. The report, published on Friday and addressed to communities secretary Greg Clark, said some services were “failing” and needed “urgent reform”. It warns that poor performance in procurement, finance and auditing is limiting the council’s “ability to operate at a critical time” and called for the role of “finance commissioner” to be added. It comes after a report in June revealed that Liverpool City Council’s failure to renew contracts in a number of services could cost it millions. Clark, in a letter to commissioners, expressed concerns about the financial situation facing the council. “I agree with your assessment that the council continues to fail in the best value of its duty and therefore intend to extend the intervention.” Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. But government intervention was questioned by Liverpool City Mayor Joanne Anderson, who tweeted: “Further government intervention will not solve the problems facing Liverpool City Council – these are common issues faced across local government . “Therefore, I accept the problems, but question the solution.” While thanking the commissioners, as well as the Secretary of State, he said: “While I recognize there are gaps in the skill and capability of our workforce, this is not unique to Liverpool. “The UK is facing acute skills shortages too [is] it is widely known that local councils are struggling to improve capacity in key areas, which is making us reliant on temporary staff which costs more in the short term.’ A key reform is expected to be the creation of an advisory committee on Liverpool’s strategic future, chaired by the Mayor of the City of Liverpool, Steve Rotheram, and including Judith Blake, the former leader of Leeds City Council, as well as Sir Howard Bernstein. former chief executive of Manchester City Council. Rotheram denied any suggestion that the committee had been set up to run the council. He tweeted: “The committee is here to work with the mayor and council not to run it. We do not take control of the day-to-day statutory services. We will advise and offer support in defining strategic long-term plans and priorities.” PA Media contributed to this report

title: “Government To Take Greater Control Of Liverpool City Council Liverpool Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-01” author: “Monica Shoemaker”

It comes after another critical report on the local authority was published by four commissioners appointed last year to work with council staff in key areas following an inspection. The report, published on Friday and addressed to communities secretary Greg Clark, said some services were “failing” and needed “urgent reform”. It warns that poor performance in procurement, finance and auditing is limiting the council’s “ability to operate at a critical time” and called for the role of “finance commissioner” to be added. It comes after a report in June revealed that Liverpool City Council’s failure to renew contracts in a number of services could cost it millions. Clark, in a letter to commissioners, expressed concerns about the financial situation facing the council. “I agree with your assessment that the council continues to fail in the best value of its duty and therefore intend to extend the intervention.” Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. But government intervention was questioned by Liverpool City Mayor Joanne Anderson, who tweeted: “Further government intervention will not solve the problems facing Liverpool City Council – these are common issues faced across local government . “Therefore, I accept the problems, but question the solution.” While thanking the commissioners, as well as the Secretary of State, he said: “While I recognize there are gaps in the skill and capability of our workforce, this is not unique to Liverpool. “The UK is facing acute skills shortages too [is] it is widely known that local councils are struggling to improve capacity in key areas, which is making us reliant on temporary staff which costs more in the short term.’ A key reform is expected to be the creation of an advisory committee on Liverpool’s strategic future, chaired by the Mayor of the City of Liverpool, Steve Rotheram, and including Judith Blake, the former leader of Leeds City Council, as well as Sir Howard Bernstein. former chief executive of Manchester City Council. Rotheram denied any suggestion that the committee had been set up to run the council. He tweeted: “The committee is here to work with the mayor and council not to run it. We do not take control of the day-to-day statutory services. We will advise and offer support in defining strategic long-term plans and priorities.” PA Media contributed to this report

title: “Government To Take Greater Control Of Liverpool City Council Liverpool Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-10” author: “Amanda Harold”

It comes after another critical report on the local authority was published by four commissioners appointed last year to work with council staff in key areas following an inspection. The report, published on Friday and addressed to communities secretary Greg Clark, said some services were “failing” and needed “urgent reform”. It warns that poor performance in procurement, finance and auditing is limiting the council’s “ability to operate at a critical time” and called for the role of “finance commissioner” to be added. It comes after a report in June revealed that Liverpool City Council’s failure to renew contracts in a number of services could cost it millions. Clark, in a letter to commissioners, expressed concerns about the financial situation facing the council. “I agree with your assessment that the council continues to fail in the best value of its duty and therefore intend to extend the intervention.” Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. But government intervention was questioned by Liverpool City Mayor Joanne Anderson, who tweeted: “Further government intervention will not solve the problems facing Liverpool City Council – these are common issues faced across local government . “Therefore, I accept the problems, but question the solution.” While thanking the commissioners, as well as the Secretary of State, he said: “While I recognize there are gaps in the skill and capability of our workforce, this is not unique to Liverpool. “The UK is facing acute skills shortages too [is] it is widely known that local councils are struggling to improve capacity in key areas, which is making us reliant on temporary staff which costs more in the short term.’ A key reform is expected to be the creation of an advisory committee on Liverpool’s strategic future, chaired by the Mayor of the City of Liverpool, Steve Rotheram, and including Judith Blake, the former leader of Leeds City Council, as well as Sir Howard Bernstein. former chief executive of Manchester City Council. Rotheram denied any suggestion that the committee had been set up to run the council. He tweeted: “The committee is here to work with the mayor and council not to run it. We do not take control of the day-to-day statutory services. We will advise and offer support in defining strategic long-term plans and priorities.” PA Media contributed to this report