There may be significant changes to come at Nottingham City Council and how it is able to run the city. The Government announced on Thursday, June 23 that the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove is minded to send in commissioners to intervene in the running of the authority amid concerns regarding its finances.
The collapse of Robin Hood Energy cost an estimated £38m and cash from the council's Housing Revenue Account had been misspent on the wrong services. The Penn Report, commissioned by the council, found it had misspent up to around £22.8m since 2014/15 while Nottingham City Homes had misspent up to £17.1m.
So, with the prospect of commissioners being appointed at the council, what will this mean for taxpayers in Nottingham? It's worth pointing out that, at this point, any talk about what government commissioners would do is hypothetical - they have not yet been dispatched to Nottingham City Council, though there are clear plans in place for this to happen.
