Council performance is never out of the spotlight, and is sure to be firmly under scrutiny as the sector awaits the imminent publication of a broadened outcomes framework.
This means the publication this week of the latest IMPOWER Index Top 10, with its assessment of productivity in England's upper tier/unitary authorities, is particularly timely. What are those councils who have made the Top 10 doing to drive productivity, and what are the lessons for their peers?
