Thursday 25 February 2016

News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 24th February 2016



The English Local Government Association has commissioned us to update its shared service map. On Monday, we emailed all the councils in England inviting them to update their data.

If you are responsible for a council led shared service (the other partners do not need to be councils) and you have not had an invitation from us to update, or enter, your services on the LGA Shared Services Map you can find the brief questionnaire (about 10mins per service) here
http://www.sharedservicearchitects.co.uk/LGA-Map-2016

 

We have also released the spring dates for the Collaborative Transformation Practitioner programme in Cambridge, Reading, Manchester and Leicester.

 

Here is the collaboration news for the last 7 days…

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Health & Social Care

Innovative collaboration which integrates health and care services given £1.2m funding boost

An innovative collaboration between health boards, local authorities and a university has been given a £1.2m funding boost by the Welsh Government. Read more >>>

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Devolution

London boroughs push ahead with devolution plans

Boroughs in the east and north east in the capital are pressing ahead with plans to create a devolved region of London. Read more >>>

 

Councils set their initial terms on Government 'Three counties devolution plan'

Yesterday’s (Tuesday's) meeting of council representatives from across Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk was called at very short notice and South Cambridgeshire District Council was represented by its Leader, Councillor Ray Manning and Cambridge City Council by Councillor Kevin Price, Executive Councillor for Housing. Read more >>>

Furious row at Aberdeen Council over city deal debate

There were angry scenes when Aberdeen councillors met yesterday to debate how to “move the city forward” in the wake of the £250million City Region Deal announcement. Read more >>>

Glasgow City Deal funding for drainage plan to allow building of 22,000 new homes

An urban flooding project to tackle the deficiencies in Glasgow’s drainage system and allow the building of 22,000 new homes on previously unviable brownfield sites has received a funding boost. Read more >>>

Cardiff asks Whitehall for £580m as part of City Deal bid

Local authority leaders in Cardiff are calling on the UK Government to contribute £580m of funding as part of its City Deal bid. Read more >>>

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Local Government

Five councils raise shared service ambition

News feature: Outsourcing contract with Capita highlights the promise, and potential pitfalls, of bringing more councils under a single umbrella. Read more >>>

LGA highlights small scale of shared service savings

More than half of all council shared service initiatives are saving less than £100,000, the Local Government Association has noted. Read more >>>

 

Shropshire Council to close its trading company

Shropshire Council has decided to close its company ip&e Limited after it failed to make enough profit. The company was set up in 2012 by the council to provide services to other public and private organisations. Read more >>>

 

£8 million of cuts passed as Somerset County Council approves budget

Council tax up by five per cent, £950,000 cuts to mental health budgets, 90 jobs facing the axe and libraries money slashed are all set to go ahead after Somerset County Council passed its budget on Wednesday. Read more >>>

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Blue Light Services

Commissioner announces vision for police, paramedics and firefighters to share facilities in Essex

Emergency services in Essex could share stations and even cars when travelling to crashes in the future. Read more >>>

Hampshire police pay: 1,300 officers receive wrong amounts

A total of 1,300 Hampshire police officers were paid the wrong amount this month. Half were underpaid and half were overpaid through H3, a joint system between the county council, fire and police services. Read more >>>




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