Government intervention looms as Oldham Council fails to appoint leader

Government intervention looms as Oldham Council fails to appoint leader

A council remains without a leader after months of deadlock and now government intervention looms

Oldham faces intervention after failure to elect leader

Oldham MBC failed to agree a leader last night meaning the council’s chief executive will write to the communities secretary. Four separate proposals were made during the extraordinary meeting, which was the fourth attempt to appoint a leader, but politicians were unable to agree a…The post Oldham faces intervention after failure to elect leader appeared first on Local Government Chronicle (LGC).

Oldham Council refers itself to MHCLG after failed leadership vote

Oldham Council is to write to the Secretary of State after councillors again failed to elect a leader, the authority confirms.