1 April 2015

Approaches to pooled budgets in LAs

One Place, One Budget? - Approaches to pooling resources for public service transformation
RAND Europe, LGA 2015
  • An evaluation of different approaches to pooling resources from nine local authorities in England where a pooled approach was being used for service delivery. 
  • The approach included an examination of the literature on community budgets, pooling and public service reform; interviews with key representatives from the LAs and a workshop with representatives to discuss emerging findings. 
  • This report summarises findings and draws out lessons from the evidence including enablers, barriers, creating a ‘reform deal model’.