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COMMENT p14-23 Birmingham City University’s Chris Painter explores various ‘outcome scenarios’ for public services reform, while new CLIC Sargent trustee Michael O’Connor discusses lessons for local government from the third sector.


04 News 11 Company News 13 Inbox 14 Comment 67 Buyers Guide 68 Jobs 71 Events 72 The Last Word


HOUSING p48-53 A Labour conference fringe event on housing brought the stark warning that the current model is broken and housing association new build will stall without more certainty about future investment.


TRANSPORT & TRAVEL MANAGEMENT p54-60 PSE reports on the behaviour change and modal shift envisioned by York’s new i-Travel scheme, one of many projects that’s won money from the DfT’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund. We also report from a sustainable transport debate.


PRINT MANAGEMENT p62-66 PSE hears more about the ‘managed print services’ approach to cutting document spend, through better use of hardware, software, consulting and workfl ow management, and also about savings through bulk printing solutions.


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14-23 EDITORIAL BOARD


“IF WE WANT MORE INNOVATION IN THE UK’S ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY.” Stian Westlake, p42


Jim Bennett is Corporate Director at the Homes & Communities Agency, where he specialises in work on urban


and housing policy, worklessness and homelessness. The Homes & Communities Agency provides investment for new housing and regulates social housing providers.


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Graeme McDonald is Director of Policy & Communications at the Society of Local Authority


Chief Executives (SOLACE), which represents senior managers working in the public sector. Graeme specialises in policy development and change management.


Chris Painter is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at Birmingham City University, having held the post of head


of the school of social sciences there for nine years. He is also Vice Chair of governors at King Edward VI college.


IT INNOVATION p24-29


Among our contributors is Rebecca Davis of West Midlands Councils, who explains how 28 public sector bodies have saved a fortune by pooling their recruitment services and spend into one managed website.


ENERGY EFFICIENCY p30-38


The LGA explains the new Climate Local initiative, and PSE also hears about Milton Keynes’ attempts to establish itself as an energy effi ciency innovation test-bed.


PROCUREMENT & SUPPLIES p39-45 Stian Westlake, executive director of UK innovation foundation Nesta, makes the case for using public procurement to boost innovation, while procurement expert Andy Heslop examines what makes a commercial community.


FINANCE AND FRAUD p46-47 Graham Hughes of Ordnance Survey explains how digital address data and mapping is helping combat fraud in the public sector, especially in the tax and benefi ts systems.


IT INNOVATION 24-29


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