The outcome-based budgeting opportunity

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The outcome-based budgeting opportunity

A wholesale review presents a good opportunity to step off the merry-go-round of annual budget setting to instead prepare a medium-term plan, says Tracy Bingham.

As the ballot boxes go back into storage, new administrations across England will be preparing to hold their first annual councils in the coming weeks.

These newly-elected councils will likely mean a new set of priorities too. How do officers ensure there are effective resources in place to deliver them?

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