At an excellent Shared Services event in Bury St Edmunds this morning where 52 local authorities are engaged in a "Legal Services Collaboration" which is not only saving the public sector a huge sum in legal fees, but it is recycling tax payers money through organisation supported by the tax payer. The programme includes:An internal Market Database to access lawyers already working in local government at local government ratesOn line notice board for locumsCounsel database showing all hourly rates for chambersPresentations covered:New Standards regimeNeighbourhood PlanningThe General Power of CompetenceEast of England is doing well under localism!
