In the quest to save money and reduce the deficit, every avenue is being explored for ideas.
The government has already sought input from experts, the public sector and the general public with the Spending Challenge and now the Citizenship Foundation is asking teens for their thoughts. (more…)
At the risk of sounding preoccupied with the UK public sector, we can’t ignore developments of the past few weeks.
The Audit Commission is to be scrapped, 44,000 cost-saving ideas have been posted on the UK Spending Challenge website, and two big hitters have been appointed to spearhead the latest efficiency effort.
John Collington, now former Home Office commercial director, was expected to take up his post as head of procurement in the Cabinet Office’s new Efficiency and Reform Group yesterday. And Sir Philip Green, the chief of clothing retailer Arcadia Group, has been asked by prime minister David Cameron to lead an external review of government spending. (more…)
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