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Council plans to improve service and value (PR 1116)

Ealing Council has released details of proposals to reorganise some of its key departments to achieve better value for money and improve services for local people.

The proposals, which are due to be considered by Cabinet on Tuesday, 4 December, are designed to save the Council £10.8 million next year and include changes to staffing in departments across the organisation.  The proposals include making savings on Council contracts, increasing income and driving up efficiency, while protecting frontline services.

If agreed, the changes would also make approximately 67 of the Council's 3,500 posts redundant – that’s less than 2% of the Council’s jobs.  Some of those posts are already vacant and some staff will be redeployed to suitable jobs internally, meaning the total number of staff being made redundant is likely to be significantly lower.       

Council Leader, Councillor Jason Stacey, said: "This administration is committed to delivering quality services and better value for money whilst keeping Council Tax increases to a minimum. Over the past 18 months or so every area of the council has and will continue to come under the closest scrutiny and where good services are not being delivered as efficiently as possible, then we will not hesitate to make changes.

“The reports coming to Cabinet on the 4th December are designed to build on the progress already made and by implementing this re-organisation now, it will enable us as part of the budget process in the Spring to re-invest the savings made into further improving frontline service.”   

Ealing Council is building on an enviable reputation for good financial management. Last year's Council Tax rise of just 1.9% was the lowest in Ealing for 13 years and one of the lowest increases in London.

At the same time real improvements in local services are being achieved including falling crime rates, improving street cleanliness, and higher resident satisfaction with the Council.

Staff in departments that could be affected have already been informed of the proposals and the Council’s Human Resource Department has briefed representatives from the public service trade unions, Unison and GMB. 

Full details of the proposals can be found in the Cabinet papers available on the Council’s website at www.ealing.gov.uk