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Preparing for LGR: how can the new mega-authorities implement major changes and maintain essential services?
Norse Group CEO Justin Galliford believes that councils will need to consider radical alternatives beyond traditional outsourcing/insourcing to meet changing needs Devolution is coming, and with it local government reorganisation which will put significant pressure on local authorities already facing major challenges. Money is tight, and there is a skills shortage which means resources are stretched. We now know which councils are included in the first phase of LGR – a mixture of counties, unitaries and districts. And it’s clear that the task of merging them to form large unitaries – and then combined authorities – will be far from [...]
