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A perspective on PR, development and life in the South West

Sharing services – the way forward?

Leave a comment Posted by on 05/02/2011

This blog post from We Love Local Government looks at the well-publicised idea of sharing services between councils to improve efficiency and reduce duplication. This is an issue that will (or should) be familiar to public sector communicators, with their teams often put forward as merger potential. I could blog for hours on this topic. But this blog is worth a look for now.

Sharing services – an introduction Eric Pickles and Grant Shapps are fond of responding to Local Government leaders complaining about Local Government cuts with three responses: Local Authorities should not complain when they pay their Chief Executive more than the amount paid to the Prime Minister Local Government would be fine if … Read More

via We Love Local Government

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