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Councils must share office space with wider public sector, MPs urge

Influential Commons Committee urges Local authorities to work with central government departments to save on office property.

Local authorities should work with central government departments to make greater savings on office property, an influential Commons Committee has urged.

According to a report issued by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 31 August, work undertaken by the Department for Communities and Local Government's capital asset pathfinders programme suggests there is potential to go much further in reducing office costs.

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