Read Ken Cole's latest article published in last week's Municipal Journal on why he believes that in local government's biggest financial squeeze improved procurement and better commissioning are the surest way to secure savings.

Ken Cole's new white white paper sets out how and why local government procurement change must become a reality. Download it from our knowledge store.

The London Report on Modernising Local Authority Procurement can be read here

The outcome of the LAML Appeal is now known and can be downloaded from this site. LAML was the creation of a new mutual, the first in 100 years, by 10 London boroughs.

HM treasury has just released its Operational Efficiency Programme which sets out how an extra £9 billion of savings can be delivered in 2013/14