From the UK, Localis latest report Catalyst Councils: A New Future for Local Public Service Delivery, argues that local government is facing irrevocable change. The days of the ‘traditional’ council that does everything itself are long since over and, in its place, an increasingly diverse approach is seeing councils working with a patchwork of organisations from across the public, private and voluntary sectors in innovative arrangements to deliver local public services that meet savings targets while retaining quality.
