Publication: Accounts Commission Annual Report 2000

Councils could save £68 million. The Accounts Commission's Annual Report includes a summary of the main messages arising from local authority financial audits and value for money work in the year 2000. The Commission says that councils could save at least £68 million by improving the management and delivery of certain services. Value for money work carried out during 2000 by the Commission has identified the potential for improvements in the collection of council tax, rent arrears, and in refuse collection.