Middlesbrough council is on the verge of specials measures because Preston and his side kick his Tory Deputy- Mieka Smiles, have ran it for the past 4 years, previous to this the Council was doing fine with not a squeak of special measures
So what does Houchen do, he sets up a MDC and invites the very two people who have presided over this clusterfluck to join the board. This MDC doesn't have scrutiny in it's make up, so it's a free for all.
As for "calling it in", the Council voted against it, we can only call in decisions of the council, we didn't want it, we didn't vote for it, the one and only democratic organisation has been overruled by this Tory government in favour of a hand full of local Tories.