The leader of Nottingham City Council has labelled the government’s proposal to appoint commissioners to intervene in the authority as “disappointing”.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) announced on 23 June that it was “minded” to appoint commissioners to take part in some of the authority’s decision-making functions.
The intervention was decided after DLUHC reviewed reports examining the council’s unlawful Housing Revenue Account expenditure and subsequent progress reports.
Cllr David Mellen, Nottingham City Council leader, said: “It’s clearly disappointing that the Housing Revenue Account issue has led to the government taking the action it has.”
Mellen admitted that the unlawful allocation of Housing Revenue Account funds was a “significant setback”, but highlighted that it was the council that “brought the matter to light ourselves as part of our work to tighten up our financial and governance arrangements”.
Nottingham Labour has since released a statement on the intervention which states that “the appointment of commissioners would be unjustified, and an attack on our local democracy”.
The intervention was decided after DLUHC reviewed reports examining the council’s unlawful Housing Revenue Account expenditure and subsequent progress reports.
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