The Whitehall efficiency drive that increased costs - Telegraph

The Whitehall efficiency drive that increased costs - Telegraph: "Whitehall departments have spent £1.4 billion in an attempt to save £159  million by sharing “back-office’’ functions such as personnel and procurement.
Private sector firms typically cut a fifth off their annual spend within five years using similar methods, the National Audit Office said.
But a combination of poor coordination, over-expensive IT systems, weak or non-existent sanctions and an insistence on highly-tailored services saw public sector costs rise instead."

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