Future of local government
Author: Alex Thomson, on BBC World Tonight |
Localis chief executive, Alex Thomson, appeared on the BBC World Tonight programme this evening, speaking about the future of local government and new ways of doing things.
Alex spoke about councils considering whether they “need to deliver [certain services] at all” , with “what local government does and how it does is going to change radically in the next few years”.
He also highlighted the possibility of “with great opportunity to work across the public sector in a smarter, better way” and that “local authorities are going to have to have a more mature conversation with their residents about what they do and don’t pay for.”
Click here to listen to the full interview (Alex speaks from 38:40 mins:seconds, with the whole segment from 31 minutes)