The public sector has delivered 5 bn pounds of efficiency savings above the target for the last three years and it can exceed this performance. The five advisors commissioned by HM Treasury for the year long programme examining operational spending in the public sector believe there is scope for an additional 15 bn pounds of efficiency savings. The advisors said: “The private sector never stops seeking greater efficiency in the ways that it purchases and provides services, and neither should Government”.

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The Audit Commission has taken an in depth look at how local strategic partnerships are performing in delivering services. It concluded that central government departments and local councils need to give more thought to the problems of governance and resource management when working together in local partnerships.

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This report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission about the future of care and support and the role the Commission can play in promoting human rights, equality and good relations, seeks to influence thinking in the run up to the Green Paper.

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