Originally Posted by
Lt Col Kojak Slaphead III wrote on Wed, 29 July 2015 11:17
I know you don't like sweeping claims on behalf of whole sectors or industries (and you would never do that!) but from my personal experience local government services were actively seeking major efficiency savings from the 1980s onwards - the eras of Compulsory Competetive Tendering, through the Best Value Reviews of the late 1990s, and into the period of Audit Commission Inspections (mainly through the 2000s until the Con-Dems abolished the commission and its inspectorates). Add to that the Annual Efficiency Statements required of local authorities.