A REVIEW into the governance of LiveWire has 'not indicated any major failings' within the organisation – but has found there are 'areas for improvement'.

The council commissioned an independent review following LiveWire's controversial public consultation into the proposed closure of libraries across the town.

The authority has now received a governance report with the findings but Warrington North MP Helen Jones is calling for it to be made public.

She said: "We all remember the fiasco which surrounded LiveWire's handling of the library consultation and the subsequent revelations that one of their projects was under construction without the firm involved having signed a contract, an internal audit describing the project as having minimal assurance and the same audit saying that a significant number of key controls did not exist.

"The council's chief executive, rightly, launched an investigation and, despite my reservations about the limited remit of the inquiry, the fact it was set up represented at least some recognition of LiveWire's inadequacies.

"Now the long-awaited report has been completed, I call on the council to make public its findings and what it feels LiveWire needs to do to improve.

"No one at board or senior management level has ever accepted responsibility for the long list of mismanagement we saw throughout 2017.

"There remains a real issue here about people spending public money but not being accountable when things go wrong.

"People can sack their councillor or their MP via the ballot box if they disagree with what they've done but the LiveWire board and senior management have sailed on regardless."

After receiving the report, the council has requested that LiveWire board 'produce a response and plan' to the findings.

A spokesman said: "The council commissioned an independent review of the governance of LiveWire in order to benchmark against the best practices within community interest companies.

"We have received the report and have requested that the LiveWire board produce a response and plan to its findings.

"We look forward to discussing the response within the next few weeks.

"The report does not indicate any major failings, but as with all organisations, there are areas for improvement."