Dan Peters 13 June 2025

Minister suggests commissioners needed for Croydon

Minister Jim McMahon has suggested escalating Croydon LBC's statutory intervention to a commissioner-led model to ensure it can ‘achieve sustained change at the pace needed'.

Local government minister McMahon said the council was failing to comply with its Best Value duty, with its general fund debt projected to rise from £1.4bn to more than £1.9bn by 2029 and its financial position ‘deteriorating rapidly'.

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