Our colleague,
Alasdair Robertson SSAf, who lectures on the Postgraduate
Certificate in Collaborative Transformation, has been unpacking the stats in the 2015 LGA Map
of Shared Services and they make compulsory reading for us all.
Alasdair tells me that, “Some authorities are achieving clear cost savings but this isn't the case for all. Some may be, to quote The Kinks, 'dedicated followers of fashion' and may be putting their efforts into areas that are less effective but more 'popular'.”. Click below to see Alasdair’s study:
Shared services are saving costs for Local Authorities, but not all are created equal
Shared services in Local Government is big news. But who is achieving best results and how are they doing it? The LGA have published the latest results showing the savings being achieved already. Read more >>>
Alasdair tells me that, “Some authorities are achieving clear cost savings but this isn't the case for all. Some may be, to quote The Kinks, 'dedicated followers of fashion' and may be putting their efforts into areas that are less effective but more 'popular'.”. Click below to see Alasdair’s study:
Shared services are saving costs for Local Authorities, but not all are created equal
Shared services in Local Government is big news. But who is achieving best results and how are they doing it? The LGA have published the latest results showing the savings being achieved already. Read more >>>
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Welsh
Local Government
If you are at the WLGA conference on Thursday, then please come over and say hello to me at the SSA stand. In Wales, the political dance continues around the merging of Welsh councils and it’s all in the language.
If you are at the WLGA conference on Thursday, then please come over and say hello to me at the SSA stand. In Wales, the political dance continues around the merging of Welsh councils and it’s all in the language.
The Minister, Leighton
Andrews, is applying logical, hierarchical
leadership, focused on telling councils how to make £151m savings through
process reform and redundancies. Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru is evidencing nuanced collaborative leadership, by favouring
regional combined authorities with no additional employees required to make it
happen…
Welsh councils could save £151m on admin finds report
Councils in Wales could save £151m a year in
administrative costs if they transformed back office services in line with
English authorities, a new report has concluded. Read
more >>>
Party of Wales in new push for combined authorities
Plaid Cymru is set to reject the proposed
council mergers in Wales in favour of regional combined authorities. Read
more >>>
Labour row breaks out over local council reorganisation
Senior Labour council figures have asked
ministers to water down plans to slash the number of Welsh councils. Read
more >>>
I will let the rest of the news speak for itself…
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Housing
Housing association merger talks enter next phase
Two housing associations have today confirmed
their intention to continue talks about forming a new 56,000-home group. Read
more >>>
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Local
Government
Council rules out combined authority referendum
Coventry City Council has ruled out holding a
referendum on its decision to consider joining the West Midlands combined
authority, saying it would be too expensive and difficult to organise in the
timeframe available. Read
more >>>
South East councils make devolution bid
Three councils in the South East have
presented the government with a list of ‘devolution offers’ to help mitigate
the pressures of economic growth. Read
more >>>
'City deal' for Cardiff is 'once in a generation opportunity'
A multimillion-pound "city deal" of
major investment for Cardiff is a "once in a generation" opportunity,
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said. Read
more >>>
NSW government outsources shared services
The NSW Government has announced outsourcing
the functions of shared service provider to over 6,000 public servants,
ServiceFirst, which will transfer to Unisys and Infosys by the end of 2015. Read
more >>>