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Local authorities asked to provide Comprehensive Spending Review feedback
The Comprehensive Spending Review and moves to reduce the number of national indicators local authorities have to work towards could help public sector bodies provide more effective services, it has been suggested.
Following the launch of a consultation on technical definitions of the national indicators, local government minister John Healey reported that the decision to lower the figure from 1,200 to 198 can only be of benefit to those working in the public sector.
He said: "By redesigning the framework, we can ensure that councils devote more time to improving their own performance and less time to meeting burdensome reporting requirements, cutting the red tape they have faced in the past."
Mr Healey added that reducing the number of indicators that local authorities and their network partners have to deal with gives them more time and space to work on new ways of meeting the needs of the communities that they serve.
Now he is calling for public sector bodies and network partners to help the government "firm up" technical definitions for the indicators.
Earlier this year, voluntary organisations across Britain were asked to give their opinion on Compact - an agreement to develop links between such bodies, network partners and the government.
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