There used to be a link here to a very dry (almost Open University c1980s) discussion on council efficiency. Despite its dryness, it did capture the serious debate going on in councils across the country. In this case, it’s the procurement directors of Lincolnshire and Worcestershire; it could easily have been Trafford and Salford.
Responses to the cuts that were aired in the programme included a centralised project hub and greater reliance on the voluntary sector. My nagging worry was that those project hub’s or Transformation (Trafford’s version) always recruited new staff and added to the bill; in times of crisis we always seem to need a new level of management to tell the old level of management what it should do.
Using the voluntary sector; all for it. But do council chiefs really understand the dynamics of the sector?
Anyway, it’s heavy stuff and you’ll have your own views. I’d be interested in hearing them.
link to localgovernment channel
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