Accountancy giant Ernst & Young has been hired by the Local Government Association (LGA) to 'hammer home' the business case for Community Budgets to the Treasury, council chiefs will reveal today. The LGA and the four 'whole place' pilot areas currently trialling Community Budget programmes have asked the 'Big Four' accountancy firm to develop a fully-costed business case based on the pilots, as local government attempts to convince chancellor George Osborne the joined-up spending regime could deliver improved public services at sustainable costs.
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