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Letter from Mike Fletcher

The following message was received today from Mike Fletcher Chairman of the Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee who was reportedly barred by Peterborough City Council Leader Marco Cereste from the Task and Finish Group set up to investigate Peterborough City Council’s use of and spending on consultants.
It is published here as a matter of public interest. Copyright remains with Cllr. Fletcher.

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Att:- Adam Uren, ET. New Listener. 27th April 2010.
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Peterborough City Council and Consultants Part Three – for research purposes only

The relationship between Peterborough City Council and consultants is becoming a cause for concern for some councillors. This page examines the latest announcements.

Continued from Part Two

The following documents all dated 20 October 2009 are in the public domain:

1. Peterborough regulates spend on consultants. Link
2. Realising the benefits of business transformation. Link
3. Creating a value-adding human resources service. Link
4. Transforming the way we work to cut cost and improve performance: . Link

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In 2008 Peterborough City Council established a professional services partnership (PSP), to consolidate and regulate its spending on consultancy.
Consultants “landed and expanded”, often taking roles that should be filled internally.
Consultancy was poorly and often non-compliantly procured. Continue reading “Peterborough City Council and Consultants Part Three – for research purposes only”

Peterborough City Council and Consultants – for research purposes only

There has been a certain amount of discussion recently about the amount of money that Peterborough City Council have been spending on consultants.  Probably the best way for the council to answer these questions would be to set out the timescale of their involvement with consultancy firms. No-one wants to criticise unfairly, but ratepayers are entitled to answers where questions arise in the media.

It is possible to discover some information from publicly available documents. Here are some items of interest, or at least relevance: Continue reading “Peterborough City Council and Consultants – for research purposes only”

BBC Peterborough March 8th 2010

BBC Radio Peterborough programme summary for Monday 8th March 2010

Presenter: Paul Stainton
Producer: Ben Stevenson

Topics: Council leader sets out his defence in the cash for consultants investigation. Panorama report shows Peterborough NHS miscertified in 75% of standards checks. Peterborough United manager reviews his situation. PCSU strikes underway against changes to redundancy terms. Accusations of electioneering around the Afghan conflict. OSCAR reports. Inside Out preview: Stilton cheese wrangle. New household recycling centre proposed for south of city. RSA  launches “Citizen Power” initiative in Peterborough. Six local venues accept lightbulbs and batteries for recycling.

Interviewees: Mike Fletcher Cllr. and Chairman Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee. Hugh Lanning Deputy General Secretary Public and Commercial Services Union. Marco Cereste Cllr. and Council Leader. Angus Ellis Public and Commercial Services Union. Peterborough United FC Club Mascot “Peter Burrow”. Leslie Ebbetts Fashion Journalist.

Brands Mentioned: Tesco. Morrisons. Aldi. Stilton Cheesemakers’ Association. Atkins. Amtec Consulting.

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