Councils are on track to make efficiency savings of 3.2 bn pounds over the past four years. This is 1 bn pounds more than the efficiency target they were set. The savings are equivalent to 123 pounds off the average Band D council tax bill. The new target is to save 4.9 bn pounds over the next three years. These savings can be used to reduce Council tax bills or invest in local services.
Local services have continued to improve in recent years. 

Public sector procurement has traditionally been notoriously price driven. But a survey published by international recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark shows that this is now starting to change. More than eight out of ten of those questioned claimed that making procurement decisions based purely on price does not deliver value for money.
In the past, value for money was frequently equated with low cost. 

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