Councils have saved 1.2 billion says Audit Commission, but further back office saving will be tough / Public Technology, 10 Oct 2008
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"A new Audit Commission report on the efficiency of English councils' back office activities finds that they face an uphill struggle to contribute to a further £4.9 billion of savings before 2010. The report, Back to Front, focuses on savings from back office council operations, such as finance, human resources, IT, procurement, legal services, facilities management, marketing and communications. These areas were originally highlighted in Sir Peter Gershon's 2004 review, and have contributed £1.2 billion, over a quarter, of the £4.3 billion efficiency savings made by English councils in the last three years (equivalent to £240 a year off the average Band D Council Tax bill*)."