Islington council is developing a new programme to cut down on their outsource spend. The plan is to recruit new graduates and pair them with skilled IT workers to learn from with the hope that they will eventually be able to take control of digital services. This comes after an executive review of the councils commissioning, procurement and contract management found that a number of outsourced agency staff at project management level were earning equal to the chief officers.

£165 million worth of savings expected from Barnet’s “easyCouncil” outsourcing deals