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Northamptonshire County Council: final commissioners' report

Commissioners’ final report to the Secretary of State confirming their success in turning round Northamptonshire County Council before the intervention came to an end on 31 March 2021.

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The final Commissioners’ report confirms that Northamptonshire County Council was in a good position to undergo the restructure on 31 March 2021. It pays tribute to the work of key officers and the leadership of the council in achieving the transformation.

The council will ceased to exist on 31 March 2021 as a result of local government reorganisation and, as a consequence the statutory intervention came to an end.

The Commissioners also submitted a report of lessons learned from the intervention.

Ministerial response to the Northamptonshire Commissioners’ final progress report

The response from the Secretary of State thanks the Commissioners for their impressive work in achieving the objectives set for them when they were appointed to lead the statutory intervention at Northamptonshire County Council.

He also commends their report on lessons learned throughout the intervention to the sector as a useful learning tool. Finally, he responds to the recommendations for central government that the lessons learned report contains.

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Published 3 June 2021

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