Robert Jenrick has announced that the government will be appointing commissioners to help run Liverpool council after a damning report painted 'a deeply concerning picture of mismanagement'. The communities secretary said the commissioners would take over certain 'limited' council functions for a minimum of three years and said the council will have to draw up an improvement plan

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