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<p>Local authorities have been outsourcing and using shared service arrangements for
many decades. Almost all councils have some service areas provided externally, with
varying contract management arrangements.</p><p>Local authorities are accountable
to local people, and it is for them to determine how best to deliver effective services
for their communities. Decisions over tendering and contracts are for councils to
make, following their own due diligence process.</p><p>Next year’s settlement for
local government responds to the pressures councils are facing by providing access
to the largest increase Core Spending Power since 2015, an estimated 4.3 per cent
real terms increase of £2.9 billion.</p>
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