Local government entities are under serious financial pressure, and procurement is tasked with helping to reduce spend.
Lord Kerslake has labeled the implementation of devolution across the UK as 'piecemeal and incoherent’ in a report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Reform, Decentralisation and Devolution.
The cross-party group was set up to consider the future of the UK and widen the debate on how to improve local governance.
The report, entitled ‘Devolution and the Union: A higher ambition’, has called for a more ‘coherent’ approach to devolution, warning that there is a lack of consistency and clarity regarding devolved powers.
The group concluded that a significant shift of power to local level is essential for devolution to work, which should include greater fiscal autonomy for local areas.
Lord Kerslake said: “Greater devolution has the potential to deliver a stronger economy, better services and a stronger Union. But what we are doing now is piecemeal and incoherent.
“As we lead up to the EU referendum and consider our identity within Europe, the need for a wider debate on how we better empower our local areas and govern is greater than ever.
“The time has come for a bigger conversation – one involving all citizens - if we want to reduce the gap between those that govern and those that are governed, and ensure devolution has a strong and lasting legacy whatever the result in June.
“Better and successful devolution across the whole UK cannot happen without a willingness to embrace radical and far reaching change.”
Local government entities are under serious financial pressure, and procurement is tasked with helping to reduce spend.
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