The consultants, costing £550,000, will be looking at how costs can be cut at Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council is spending over half a million pounds on consultants who will try and cut costs at the authority in a move one councillor says is "baffling." The Labour-run authority confirmed the spending in a decision report published on Thursday , confirming it would set the council back to the tune of £550,000.
Should Nottingham City Council have managed its finances better over the last 10 years? Let us know here The situation is similar to that of December 2022, when the city council said it would spend up to £150,000 on a review looking at how it can boost its income. The consultants will be in place for an initial six-month period to examine "cost cutting opportunities identified across the authority."
The council pledged in early 2023 that it would have more "in-house expertise" going forward after more than £1 million of spending on agency workers and consultants was announced in one week. Yet spending on consultants and agency staff has continued, even after the council's effective declaration of bankruptcy in November 2023 and the ensuing period of tight spending, which sees a board approving all new items of spending at least up until March 2025.
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