Public sector could save �16bn by working with local charities, says new research

Public sector could save �16bn by working with local charities, says new research: Locality, an umbrella body for community organisations, claims that English local authorities could save �16bn per year, and improve services, by commissioning services on a “local-by-default basis”.

The report, Saving money by doing the right thing: why ‘local by default' must replace ‘diseconomies of scale’, which was carried out in partnership with Professor John Seddon of Vanguard, argues that the current model of public service contracting is inefficient and that local authorities need to “abandon unhelpful beliefs about ‘economies of scale’ and standardisation”.