Commissioner-led intervention in Liverpool City Council is to end in June
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00:00 Commissioner-led intervention in Liverpool City Council is to end in June, with the local authority having its powers handed back.
00:07 Max Callaghan's damning best value report into the Liverpool City Council was published back in 2021.
00:13 Delivering their fifth and final report into performance at the local authority, government-appointed officials detailed a marked improvement at the Cunard building since the onset of intervention three years ago.
00:23 In their 23-page report to Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Leveling Up, the team of five said Liverpool Council was now a well-governed, improving organisation.
00:32 The final assessment by the group is recommended the three-year term monitoring improvements at the City Council should end as expected next month.
00:40 However, officials have advised support for the council should continue on a more informal basis. It's expected this will run until March 31st next year.
00:48 The officials praise the council's leadership, however, concerns remain around the performance of the city's property services, with improvements said to have been slow and more limited than in other areas.