Councils ‘sabotage’ best value plans_2
3 April 2012
Some councils are assuming that best value is a “transitory regime” and are “lying through their teeth” about how they are conforming to the plan, according to an academic.
Tony Bovaird, head of public sector management research at Aston Business School, said several councils were deliberately “putting obstacles” in the way of private-sector companies’ bids for services that were currently provided by in-house teams.
“Some councils would prefer to keep their own teams because it’s easier, there’s a sense of local pride in doing it...