Crisis Agencies "Not Value For Money" Warns Liverpool Council Leader
News Not Profit | 02.06.2006 15:35 | Liverpool
The City Council´s interim chief executive, Colin Hilton, has warned all
staff not to think about transferring any more staff or services to troubled joint venture agencies Liverpool Direct (a partnership with BT) or Enterprise Liverpool (the former direct works department) while a review by "a specialist audit team" from KPMG takes place.
staff not to think about transferring any more staff or services to troubled joint venture agencies Liverpool Direct (a partnership with BT) or Enterprise Liverpool (the former direct works department) while a review by "a specialist audit team" from KPMG takes place.
So as well as obscene amounts of money being paid to private sector companies for services previously delivered in-house, the ratepayer now has to fund a review by fat-cat consultants KPMG ("champagne, anyone?").
And the rot goes deeper. Mr Hilton has suddenly become aware of
"concerns about the procurement and management of contracts by the
Council" and two more (unspecified) contract areas that need looking at.
Bloody hell! The photocopier boy could have told him that, the Council is riddled with cosy deals and padded invoices. We hear that David McIlhenny, the Executive Director for Resources is being sent to Enterprise Liverpool as its new chief executive. So you don´t think senior managers in the Council are any good, you hand over millions of pounds and hundreds of staff to the private sector and when they screw up, send in senior managers from the Council to sort out the mess! Easy, when its not you paying, Mr Hilton.
And the rot goes deeper. Mr Hilton has suddenly become aware of
"concerns about the procurement and management of contracts by the
Council" and two more (unspecified) contract areas that need looking at.
Bloody hell! The photocopier boy could have told him that, the Council is riddled with cosy deals and padded invoices. We hear that David McIlhenny, the Executive Director for Resources is being sent to Enterprise Liverpool as its new chief executive. So you don´t think senior managers in the Council are any good, you hand over millions of pounds and hundreds of staff to the private sector and when they screw up, send in senior managers from the Council to sort out the mess! Easy, when its not you paying, Mr Hilton.
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