Northamptonshire CC has announced plans to outsource a series of services, as an exclusive poll by The MJ and the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) revealed almost a third of councils are also going down the same route.
Members of the county council voted last week (19 February) to start moving the local authority to a commissioning model.
Council officers will now draw up a number of options, including the development of a community interest company to deliver health and wellbeing services.
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