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1-2-3: the West Northants Norse case study
How a local authority partnership successfully implemented a radical change to waste collection, saving money and improving services In 2017, Daventry District Council (now part of West Northants Council following a re-structure) began to consider its strategy for household waste collection. Like the whole of the public sector, the authority had suffered significant budget cuts as a result of the government’s austerity programme. After nine years of cost-cutting, it was committed to saving money wherever possible, but without compromising the quality of services for its residents. Elected members were prepared to look at a range of options, which included in-house [...]
