Councils in England are required to reduce their operating budgets by three percent per year between April 2008 and March 2011.
This equates to cashable savings of £500m in the region, 60% of which the Department for Communities and Local Government expects to be achieved through procurement.
Improvement and Efficiency West Midland’s (IEWM) is the RIEP for the West Midlands. Its purpose is to support councils and their partners to continually improve public services to meet customer needs and ensure they are more efficient.
IEWM assists local authorities in obtaining cost effective deals by sharing contracts and maximising their buying power by joint purchasing.
Since April 2008 IEWM has supported the region to deliver over £25m efficiency savings and predicts a total of £171m cashable savings from its current five year programme.
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