With budget cuts of £148 million, the authority is set to outsource a considerable amount of services to privately operated social enterprises free to compete with others for council services.

This could see a reduction in the council workforce from 4,000 to 150 people. Most of the current employees would transfer across to new service providers. The core 150 staff that would remain, would include those working in business intelligence and market development teams.

The new service model would see the creation of four new separate ‘mutual’ organisations over the next five years which will be employed by the council to deliver for the county.

Birmingham City Council advised to outsource