Council leader Liam Robinson said he wanted to be honest
Liverpool does not find itself at the “financial brink” faced by other councils but could face difficult decisions in future, the city’s leader has said.
He said: “We want to reassure people across the city that Liverpool is in a solid financial position. We are not in a position where we will be issuing a Section 114 notice, we aren’t at the financial brink that other councils across the country either are or are approaching. He said: “We know because of the way local government finance right across this country is broken, and particularly city councils like our own where we’ve got high levels of deprivation, aren’t getting the levels of finance we need, we’ve still potentially more challenging decisions to take. We’re in a robust position and similar to the majority of councils, but we’re not taking anything for granted.
It is expected the government will announce intervention into Birmingham Council amid its financial difficulties. It is expected they will be the latest authority after Liverpool to have commissioners overseeing the spending of public funds. Earlier this year, it was revealed that more than £200m of bad and outstanding debt owed to Liverpool Council was expected to be written off, while in September last year, it was confirmed only Birmingham had a lower rate of council tax collection. Cllr Robinson, himself a former finance cabinet member, said the city was working to improve those rates and move past the “historic issue” of poor rates collection.
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