Councils to use more central deals
28 August 2012
Local authority purchasers are expected to make greater use of central government framework agreements as they seek efficiency savings, according to a major government review.
The report, Delivering Efficiency in Local Services, is the awaited blueprint for greater collaboration among local authorities as they strive to meet chancellor Gordon Brown’s savings target of £6.45 billion on their total annual £86 billion budget by 2007-08.
In his July spending review, Brown said that each local authority would be expected to save at...