Councils should use competition to cut costs

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Councils should use competition to cut costs

Councils could make millions more in savings by exploiting markets and using more competition to drive down costs and improve productivity says an Audit Commission report published today

Commission chairman Michael O'Higgins said councils themselves, such as Norfolk County Council with its trading companies, can also help drive down costs by providing in-house competition to the private sector and added: ‘Competition is now a two-way street.'

View the Healthy Competition report here.

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