Government to take control of Liverpool council planning and regeneration departments amid fraud investigation

By Tom Lowe2021-03-24T16:22:00

Damning reports finds ‘deeply concerning picture of mismanagement’

The government is to take control of Liverpool council’s planning, regeneration, property management and highways departments for the next three years after a damning report into the administration found there had been a “serious breakdown of governance”.

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick said that commissioners will be sent to intervene at the departments after the report painted a “deeply concerning picture of mismanagement”.

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