Long-term public spending plans are needed to help integrate local service provision, a senior figure involved in implementing the coalitions flagship Community Budgets programme has said.
Perceptions are relative. If expectations are high, delivery has to be high otherwise you will be deemed a failure. But if expectations are low, you can get away with a less than stellar performance.
Chancellor George Osborne today said he wanted to start a conversation about a new model of city government that would see greater devolution of budgets to local level.
Local government has been urged to get the best value for money it can from its £2.5bn of surplus assets.
Tim Magness, group marketing director of Civica, draws upon Localis’ research of technology in local government as part of his case for the digital transformation of services and organisations.
Involving users in public service delivery could unlock billions of pounds in savings, a report by the government’s reviewer of public service choice has concluded.
Localis’ chief executive, Alex Thomson, spoke for BBC Radio about the upcoming council elections.
Alex Thomson, Chief Executive of Localis, discusses the challenges facing the integration of public services.
Alex Thomson on why transparency is more important than ever to local government.
95% of council are now sharing services, saving more than a third of a billion pounds so far, the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed.