Councils have made combined 263m savings from shared service initiatives, the Local Government Association (LGA) has reported.
Nearly nine out of 10 councils are due to lose funding for ‘early intervention’ services such as nursery places and Sure Start centres, despite a government pledge to boost their budgets, LGC analysis shows.
Alex Thomson, chief executive of Localis, was quoted in an article in the Guardian about the future for private finance in the public sector.
Councils budgets for public health will rise to £2.66bn this year and almost £2.8bn in 2014-15, the Department of Health will announce shortly.
Chief Executive of Localis, Alex Thomson, participated in a Guardian online debate about the skills needed for the future local government workforce.
Social care and housing will dominate the agenda and public health will show government what authorities can do
Alex Thomson was quoted in response to potential approaches to public health once responsibility for it transfers to local government.
Alex Thomson appeared on Sky News, speaking about the important role that local authorites will begin to play in improving health outcomes.
Alex Thomson was quoted in response to potential approaches to public health once responsibility for it transfers to local government.
Councils will be told of their public health budgets by 11th January and will be given above-inflation increases in the budgets for the next two years, the head of Public Health England has said.