Are there plans to outsource any current activities?
The vision is to create a new look, new style council delivering efficient, effective and accountable excellent services to our communities. It is not possible to give a guarantee as to how services will be delivered and procured. All services will be considered as part of the process of transformation and must be able to demonstrate they are best value for the residents and community we exist to serve. [Last updated 31st March 2008] There is concern that the proposals seem to place emphasis on outsourcing substantial parts of the existing organisation and centralising mainly corporate support services elsewhere. Can you clarify whether the current outline proposals contain such proposals? There is currently a proposal relating to an initiative that brings corporate services together. This can be done in a number of ways including an internal ‘shared services’ approach. There are initial discussions underway with Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Councils on the possibility of joinin
