Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig denies asking the Office of Local Government to change its recommendations against suspending Liverpool Council in budget estimates on Thursday.
The Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig has denied asking the Office of Local Government to change its advice against suspending Liverpool Council .
About 11:30am on July 10, deputy secretary Brett Whitworth circulated a draft briefing note for the minister on the issue, telling colleagues he was "not expecting too much change from here". "There is no compelling evidence to suggest that councillors were explicitly involved in the poor governance and recruitment decisions being exercised by the Council," it said.While the Office of Local Government said there were genuine questions about council's operations, it warned that suspending council during a public inquiry could be viewed as being "against the public interest".
"The Act gives the Minister the power to suspend the councillors of a council while a public inquiry is being undertaken if the Minister considers it would be in the public interest to do so," the briefing note stated.
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