Local strategic partnerships have important lessons to learn from each other, according to a new report published by the Audit Commission. The commission's Working better together? report says ‘LSPs are developing, and each has its own unique history and challenges', and recommends that with no single model to guarantee success, councils and their partners should critically assess the costs and benefits of joint working arrangements. Audit Commission chief executive, Steve Bundred, said: ‘Local strategic partnerships have grown organically at different rates across the country, and our researchers have found examples of high-performing mature LSPs and fledgling partnerships which have yet to settle into their important local role.'
