Members of local councils should play a greater role in the procurement processes that deliver local services. This will allow them to meet the ‘political priorities’ on which they have been elected. The call comes from Procurement & Partnership: Making it work, Doing it Right - a new collection of essays by key experts and professionals from across the local government procurement field. 

There needs to be a cultural change in the skills, behaviours, knowledge and training of more than 100 occupations involved in delivering sustainable communities. This is the key message from the Egan Skills Review which was set up to look at skills needed by built environment professionals to deliver the Sustainable Communities Plan.