MHCLG’s goals in relation to local government include putting it on a sounder financial footing; allocating resources more tightly according to need; addressing longer-term financial risk in the sector; and reforming and improving the delivery of public services.
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The use of market-inspired instruments for steering public service delivery has become ubiquitous across developed economies and yet the experience with contracting for complex services suggests that we are still in the ...
Funded by: FLF
Lead research organisation: University of Oxford
Partially answers the question by discussing outsourcing and contracting practices in public service delivery.
Public procurement is firmly in the spotlight in the Covid-19 crisis. Local authorities (LAs) spend around £100bn (or 47% of their total budget) annually on procurement (IoG,2018). In the Covid-19 crisis, it is cru...
Funded by: COVID
Lead research organisation: University of Stirling
Partially answers the question by focusing on procurement and partnering for Covid-19 response, which is relevant to local government services.