Not quite. One of the councillors today compared them to academies which local authorities have trdponsibility to scrutinise but little power to do so properly. NAO has much more extensive powers. Unclear is the position of the airport and TWL

Which raises the awkward question of why she’s being kept in limbo? Is this part of a strategy?

We think Gove was hoping that the review would kill off all further discussion. That has failed

Surprising that TVCA CEO Julie Gilhespie couldn’t make it to the meeting.

Could it be that a person who is acting up has less autonomy than someone in permanent post?

Is there a queue already?

Actually, this isn't the one that Mallon is involved with. That's the Teesworks Benevolent Foundation, whose other directors are all connected in some way with either Corney or Musgrave. It will be interesting to see how that one develops.

TVCA As for people in acting up roles having less autonomy than those in permanent positions, we wonder whose idea it was for the TVCA acting chief legal officer to send threatening letters to members of Overview and Scrutiny committees last year: teesvalleymonitor.com/tvca-threatens…