Business sense 'still lacking'

摘要

Councils could make millions more in savings by exploiting markets and using more competition to drive down costs and improve productivity, says an Audit Commission report this week.The report coincided with a speech by Gordon Brown at the CBI, saying the private sector would continue to have a growing role in public service delivery. Identifying £50bn of services, half of all council spending, which is 'potentially subject to competitive pressure', the commission's report says councils are still failing to fully use market-testing to achieve savings.