Further building our evidence and understanding on which public services, delivered at which level of government, deliver greatest public value and what we can learn from different policy approaches taken across the UK.
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
To develop practical tools and guides to be able to offer specialist services to, and advocacy for, councils addressing the operational challenges of reduced public spending....
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION
The project offers practical tools and guides to address the operational challenges of reduced public spending, which is relevant to promoting allocative efficiency in local government.
The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth was set up in 2013. The overall aim of What Works Growth is to increase the cost-effectiveness of policies for local economic growth by improving the use of evidence and ev...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science
The project is relevant as it aims to improve allocative efficiency in local government by enhancing the use of evidence and evaluation in policy design and delivery, which aligns with the question's focus.
Local government plays a substantial role in the wellbeing of economy and society in the United Kingdom. 433 local authorities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales employ almost 1.7 million people delivering ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham
The project focuses on encouraging local authority engagement with academic research, which may not directly answer the question about promoting allocative efficiency in local government.