Council buyers’ autonomy under threat from LAAs
29 August 2012
Local authority purchasers have raised concerns over the extent to which plans to improve service delivery will challenge their operational autonomy.
Their worries come ahead of an announcement, expected this week, of the 40 local councils that are to take part in a series of local area agreements (LAAs).
LAAs will streamline many local authority operations.
Speaking last week at the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and the Society of Procurement Officers’ (Sopo) annual workshop, Tim Byles, Norfolk...