But the council leader remains positive for the future
Nottingham City Council's leader says any further savings at the authority would be "cutting into the bone" as he tries to avoid Government commissioners being sent in to run it. Following the collapse of Robin Hood Energy and the misspending of £40 million, the Government has been monitoring improvements that Nottingham City Council is making to its finances and organisation.
"We're obviously trying to be as energy efficient as we possibly can be. When we moved [to Loxley House] just over a decade ago, one of the thoughts was that we would have less old, expensive to manage buildings and have ones like this which were more efficient. Nottingham City Council avoided Government commissioners being sent in during the summer, when Michael Gove said that he was "minded to" make the decision. His successor Greg Clark decided against commissioner intervention and instead gave more powers to the Improvement and Assurance Board , which has been monitoring progress.
"I have concerns and I've had concerns all the way through this improvement journey. All I can do is give the political lead to make our council financially secure, to improve our practices and to serve the people of Nottingham in the best way we can."
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