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Title Overview & Theme Date Added
Comprehensive Spending Review 07 (PDF 1.6Mb)

2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review, Cm 7227 'Meeting the aspirations of the British people' published 9 October 2007 by the Treasury.

UK Government Efficiency

15/12/2007
Delivering Value for Money in Local Government: Meeting the challenge of CSR07 (PDF 421kb)

Published by Department for Communities and Local Government

UK Government Efficiency

15/12/2007
LCE 2006/7 Annual Report (PDF 863kb)

Sets out progress made by the LCE

Annual Report

15/08/2007
Transforming the Procurement of Temporary, Agency and Interim Staff (PDF 393kb)

Temporary agency staff costs London boroughs over £900M each year. This excellent guidance, produced by the London Centre of Excellence gives hints and tips that is relevant to any organisation seeking to cut costs, streamline the use of agency staff and improve the quality of their agency staff.

Temporary Agency Staff

02/03/2007
Transforming Government Procurement (PDF 889kb)

Published in Jan 2007, herewith the government’s plans for modernising and downsizing the OGC.

UK Government Efficiency

10/02/2007
Commissioning Toolkit for the Procurement of Consultancy and Professional Services (PDF 1,502kb)

The purchase of consultants and professional services accounts for between £350M to £500M in London boroughs. This toolkit provides some essential disciplines for specifying the need for consultants, plus lots more.

Consultancy and Professional Services

26/01/2007
Review of Public Procurement in Scotland – McClelland (PDF 531kb)

The review of Public Sector Procurement in Scotland produced by John F McClelland

Scottish Procurement

15/11/2006
LCE 2005/6 Annual Report (PDF 543kb)

Sets out progress made by the LCE

Annual Report

12/06/2006
PAE Annual Report 2005/6 (PDF 993kb)

The PAE 2005/6 Annual Report

Annual Report

01/06/2006
A Shared Approach to Building a Better Scotland (PDF 336kb)

Produced by the Efficiency Delivery Group of the Scottish Executive in April 2006, this paper is a consultation paper on a national strategy for shared services

Scottish Shared Services

10/05/2006
LCE 2004/5 Annual Report (PDF 161kb)

Sets out progress made by the LCE

Annual Report

10/07/2005
PAE Annual Report 2004/5 (PDF 325kb)

The PAE 2004/5 Annual Report

Annual Report

13/04/2005
Releasing Resources to the Front Line - An Independent Review of Public Sector Efficiency (Sir Peter Gershon, CBE) (PDF 374kb)

Download Sir Peter Gershon's Review of Public Sector Efficiency from July 2004

UK Government Efficiency

14/07/2004
National Procurement Strategy (PDF 362kb)

Published in October 2004, here is the much vaunted plan for English local government

UK Government Efficiency

10th Nov 2003