"As leaders of place, councils convene these partnerships and will work with government to remove barriers. We urge government to align outcomes across other public service frameworks."
Cllr Jane Scullion, Chair of the LGA Improvement Committee said: "We support the Government’s recognition, through the renamed Local Outcomes Framework, that outcomes are improved through councils working in partnership across public services.
"As leaders of place, councils convene these partnerships and will work with government to remove barriers. We urge government to align outcomes across other public service frameworks.
"We support the shift from central micromanagement to local outcomes, while stressing councils’ primary accountability is local and priorities may differ from national ones.
"Delivery depends on funding: sustained pressures, after years of savings, constrain capacity. Any Best Value assessment must recognise local democratic choices in the context of scarce resources.
“We support transparency through LG Inform, which shares council performance data with the public. In the coming days, we will update the LG Inform Outcomes Framework report with final metrics to support councils to monitor and report against the Framework if they choose.”
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