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Broken markets and missing money: parliamentary committee hears s151 officers’ concerns

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A “perfect storm” of service pressures, a “broken” children’s social care market, risky commercial investments, and the need for a “wholescale” long-term financial settlement

Existing governance models and a lack of long-term thinking on AI and redesigning service delivery could significantly hinder councils’ digital transformation journeys, Room151’s Technology, Data and Finance Forum has heard.

(Tina Miguel photography)