Efficiency News
LAML fight goes to Supreme Court
EXCLUSIVE: Two councils are set for a landmark appearance in the Supreme Court in their battle over the use of the wellbeing power
New unitaries offered Whitehall champions
Devon and Norfolk councils will be offered Whitehall ‘champions’ to try to ensure economies of scale when Exeter and Norwich city councils become unitaries
Shared services project collapses
A major council shared services project in Wales is reported to have collapsed amid acrimony
Shared data centre is government first
Ordnance Survey and Land Registry open a shared data centre, said to be the first of its kind
EXCLUSIVE: Total Place councils challenged
EXCLUSIVE: A senior Treasury official urges councils involved in the Total Place programme to provide more hard figures over expected efficiency savings
Denham looks to £20bn Total Place savings
Savings across local services of more than £20bn are said to be possible - based on the Total Place exercise
Looking Forward
Add value - don't cut costs
SPONSORED ARTICLE: The headlines are that cuts to frontline services are inevitable but we were commissioned to increase recycling by 20% for £300K extra, and delivered it for £1M less in that year. We were asked to save £25K pa on highways trips and falls and saved £233K.
