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A call for Caller: but where is the next gen?

Heather Jameson asks is there no one on the new commissioners’ list considered good enough to rescue Birmingham?

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By Heather Jameson | 27 September 2023

Following the collapse of Birmingham City Council, local government finance has been big news, even in the usually uninterested national media. 

The appointment of Max Caller, former chief executive of Hackney LBC and perennial commissioner, made national news after levelling up secretary Michael Gove coaxed him out of retirement into a job too big to refuse.

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Heather Jameson

Popular articles by Heather Jameson

  1. Children's social care reform must be more than money
  2. Finance chief exits cash-strapped council
  3. Chief rejects calls for resignation
  4. Is this the big bang revolution for public services?
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