The council has launched a last-ditch effort to prevent next Saturday’s elections from being cancelled.
Liverpool Council has launched an eleventh-hour appeal to prevent the Minns government from deferring its local government election and appointing an administrator, despite a state minister labelling a litany of allegations “the worst I’ve seen of any council”.
At the hearing, Hoenig rattled off an extensive list of allegations contained in the contested report, including bullying and sexual harassment, elected officials inappropriately interfering in development applications, nepotistic hiring processes, destruction of public records and bypassing procurement processes.
In a comprehensive dismissal on Monday, Justice John Robson ruled that no apprehended or actual bias had been shown and that the government did not unduly influence the investigation. But just hours before the appeal period expired, Breton emailed councillors, informing them he had appealed against the ruling.
“No legal advice was provided to councillors, or resolution of the Council sought, before a unilateral decision was made by an unelected bureaucrat to lodge an appeal to the court decision handed down earlier this week.
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