by | Oct 22, 2010 | Local government, Shared Services
Three councils to share services. Everything is on the table. This could be real transformation using economies of scale to deliver most cost effective services. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2032bfcc-ddb2-11df-8354-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss
by | Mar 23, 2010 | Central government, Local government
The total place pilots have reported: here’s a useful collection of them all. They are worth reading alongside the NLGN recommendations on how Whitehall and local government should work together.
by | Mar 16, 2010 | Central government, Local government
Very interesting to see who is on and who is not on the new £4bn management consultancy framework for government. No McKinsey, for example and Accenture only for HR consultancy. Also no Oakleigh / Dbi who I was talking to last year.
by | Mar 11, 2010 | Experience sharing, Local government
Interesting work by the Police on standard taxonomies and controlled lists, but how does it relate to what NPEP was doing and what local government has done?
by | Mar 11, 2010 | Local government
Despite it most likely being a pre-election salvo, I’m very keen on wider publication of salaries. I think the bizarre UK obsession with obfuscating what we earn (even between friends) is partly to blame for all sorts of discrimination and definitely allows...
by | Jan 13, 2010 | Central government, Local government
Despite the gotcha graphs in the Sunday Times, some focused forensics shows that their comparators are invalid, so the conclusions are suspect at best. There are more part time jobs in the public sector, so the total pay to the public sector per head per hour is...
