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The Commons Public Accounts Committee publishes its 49th report of session 2010-12, on the basis of evidence from the Cabinet Office. Report: The Efficiency and Reform Group’s role in improving public sector value for money Public Accounts Committee The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, today said: “The Efficiency [...]
Liam Maxwell has been engaged by the Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG) within Cabinet Office for a period of 11 months to provide expertise on how government can use innovative new technology to deliver better, cheaper solutions. During this engagement, Liam will help to develop ideas for how technology can: develop new, more flexible ways [...]
Commenting on the Government’s response to the NHS Future Forum’s recommendations, Cllr David Rogers, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board and member of the Future Forum, said: “Ever since Government announced its plans to reform the health service, councils have been lobbying hard to make sure local communities are placed in the [...]
“Digital by default” maybe the channel advocated by Government but meeting a deadline for an annual report of Government websites has slipped from publication in May according to the Monthly Implementation Update of the Cabinet Office’s Structural Reform Plan. Francis Maude announced plans to rationalise central goverment websites last year and that he wants to [...]
Local councils were today updated on Government plans to secure a value for money transfer of the Audit Commission’s in-house practice into the private sector, announced Local Government Minister Grant Shapps. In August last year the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government announced plans to disband the Audit Commission and refocus audit on [...]
Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has today endorsed outline proposals for the development of a Big Society Bank presented by the Independent Advisers, Sir Ronald Cohen and Nick O’Donohoe. The Minister has also directed the Big Lottery Fund to establish an interim Investment Committee which will use dormant account money it has received [...]
The report takes a look at how the wider public sector and in particular local government is being redefined in response to the recent spending cuts. The report includes articles written by a mixture of eminent practitioners and thought-leaders across the sector. It includes examples of the actions already being taken by Councils, the third [...]
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