Purpose

To agree to commission consultancy support to
accelerate the delivery of savings from transformation activity for
the 2023/24 budget and future years.
 

Decision

That:
(a) That
the cabinet member for finance, corporate services and planning
authorises commitment to spend to transform services and realise
benefits as proposed in Appendix A
 
(b) The council’s Director for Resources
and Assurance can directly commission support from the
council’s strategic transformation partner
(Pricewaterhouse Coopers
LLP, (PWC) ) to the value of
£573k to map out and support acceleration to how the council
will achieve the proposed savings plan in the 2023/24 budget which
are aligned to transformation activity
 
(c) That
delegated authority is given to the Director for Resources and
Assurance in consultation with the Chief Executive to make all
operational decisions to implement the above
recommendations