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New task force ''to drive public sector efficiencies''

31 December 2009
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Operations management in the public sector is set to benefit from the creation of a new task force.

Intended to "drive value-for-money efficiencies and protect frontline services" in councils, it will be headed by Manchester City Council leader Sir Richard Leese and mayor of Lewisham Steve Bullock.

The establishment of the body was announced by communities secretary John Denham, who claimed that it will examine where savings can be made within local government.

"Woe betide the local authority which cuts frontline services when it hasn''t made every possible efficiency savings," he declared.

Membership of the task force will comprise local government and union representatives and they will examine the potential for management restructuring, sharing services, reducing senior pay and cutting duplication of work.

It is a response to reforms of the public sector outlined in both the pre-Budget report and the Putting the Frontline First policy document as part of government efforts to deliver billions of pounds'' worth of operational efficiencies, including a pledge to curb senior pay.ADNFCR-3058-ID-19535818-ADNFCR
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