From the Northern Echo (link below), we have looked at the way the council is being run and determined that there is no need for five directorates. Other councils manage with three, and by reorganising the very top, a substantial amount of money can be saved without any impact on running frontline services.
In addition we will be able to invest money into roads and footpaths and protect a number of other services too.
Before putting forward an alternative budget however, we have taken our proposals to the Labour Cabinet to give them the opportunity before releasing their budget to incorporate our proposals.
The Adult and Children’s Directorates were reorganised into one department a few years ago and since then have managed to save millions of pounds not only through the reorganisation but also through being able to organise more quickly in the face of cuts to budgets.
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