Start budgeting for the future

摘要

Community budgets are the future model for public service delivery, delegates at The MJ Future Forum heard from key government speakers and local authority pilots. The mantra is that while Total Place was a first stab at breaking down public sector silos, the community budgets programme and the four whole place pilots have been extensively trialled and supported by Whitehall. Indeed the projected savings of £800m were cited in the small print of the March Budget and will certainly form a key part of the Spending Review on 26 June, and the next review after 2015.Steve Robinson, chief executive of whole place pilot Cheshire West and Chester Council, described how 21 projects could be 'boiled down' to six with an investment of £50m and a saving of /107m. Simon Ridley (pictured), the then acting DCLG director of localism, advised delegates to 'follow the money'and stressed the importance of local solutions.