Financial resilience and economic growth are core priorities for all councils. We offer expert advice and resources related to finance, economic growth and procurement to support councils to deliver in these areas.
Inflationary pressures are having a pronounced impact on communities (particularly on those who are most vulnerable), and on the cost of council service delivery.
We provide councils with support to ensure councils can maintain sustainable financial resilience, make efficient commissioning decisions, and promote productivity and skills locally.
We offer support on:
The support and tools we make available to councils include our:
In this section:
Financial resilience
As well as our extensive work programme to influence funding for local government, we have updated our finance offer to help local authorities.
Economic growth hub
We are committed to supporting councils on all aspects of their economic development plans, including employment, re-skilling, high streets, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), procurement and business retention.
Mapping national employment and skills provision
This project sets out to help local authorities across England build a better understanding of how employment and skills provision, which can seem a complex and fragmented, is commissioned and delivered.
Procurement
Effective procurement, underpinned by commissioning, has never been more important for local government. Increasing demand for public services and decreasing resources are driving councils to improve productivity and efficiency to deliver better outcomes for local people.