Steve Bishop: There are too many councils and we cost too much
Steve Bishop is strategic director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils UK local government costs too much. It costs way more than it needs to. That’s[…]
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Growing together: the case for group outsourcing
Steve Bishop is strategic director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils. This article was originally published in Issue 4 of Room151 Quarterly magazine. South Oxfordshire (South) and Vale of[…]
The hazy world of ethics
Political manifestos and financial plans, at the national and local level, are fundamentally born out of politicians’ beliefs and motives. The ethics contained within those manifestos, or absence thereof, are[…]
Building compromise
Local government is invariably about compromise. What customers need, what members want and what heads of different services are looking to achieve are nearly always difficulty to reconcile, if not[…]
The rational thing to do
Property rationalisation is an obvious win for councils but sovereignty struggles can get in the way argues Steve Bishop, strategic director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils I was a[…]
Outsourcing: the devil in the detail
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils Local authority outsourcing has been back on the front pages recently and unsurprisingly the news has[…]
How far can the commissioning council go?
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils As I may have dazzled you with before, our major claim to fame at South Oxfordshire[…]
Resident engagement: a powerful catalyst for financial change
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils One of the councils I work for, Vale of White Horse, has been dealing with cuts[…]
Officer outsourcing could save a small fortune
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils Who can honestly say they work flat out all year round? I know I can’t. If[…]
Sovereignty trumps common sense at most councils
Steve Bishop is Strategic Director for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils When the Gershon Report was published nine years ago it said that local government loses £6,450m[…]
