Efficiency guru, Sir Peter Gershon, has warned councils will face a crisis if they try to raise council tax in order to pay for the approaching crisis in public sector pay. Speaking at a joint Vertex/ The MJ debate at the SOLACE conference in Belfast last week, Sir Peter said taxpayers would not be willing to pay for the increasing shortfall in liability of local government pensions when their own pensions were falling. He also claimed council efficiency would have to get even tougher - and the current government would not allow a 'slash and burn' approach to services. 'For all councils, there will have to be even more clarity over which services need to be kept.' He added: 'Everything a council does needs to be subject to contestability.'
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机译：效率专家彼得·格申爵士（Sir Peter Gershon）警告说，如果议会试图提高议会税率以支付即将到来的公共部门薪酬危机，将面临危机。彼得爵士在上周于贝尔法斯特举行的SOLACE会议上在Vertex / MJ联合辩论中发表讲话时说，纳税人不愿为自己的养老金下降时地方政府养老金负债不断增加的不足支付费用。他还声称，议会的效率将变得更加严格-本届政府将不允许采取“刀耕火种”的服务方式。对于所有理事会来说，必须进一步明确哪些服务需要保留。他补充说：“理事会所做的一切都必须具有可竞争性。”
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