Whitehall mandarins came under fire this week for stifling the pioneering 'total place' initiative through red tape and lack of funding.The critics hit out as CLG permanent secretary, Peter Housden, and the Treasury's public services director, Helen Bailey, wrote to all 13 total place pilot councils for the first time, outlining the programme they must pursue until their final report next March.The pilots, announced by efficiency tsar Sir Michael Bichard in the Budget, will deliver their interim findings by next October, in time for the pre-Bud-get report.
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