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💡 Improving public service productivity: Can we have better services for less money? Georgia Gould MP, Daniel Butler (Google Cloud UK), Nick Davies, and Professor Mark Thompson (University of Exeter) joined Emma Norris in discussing the drivers of poor productivity and how the government can address them to deliver better public services. 👉 Listen back to this event in partnership with University of Exeter and Google Cloud UK: https://lnkd.in/e59dhsYg

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Improving public service productivity: Can we have better services for less money? The Labour government has set ambitious public service objectives. But with poor performance across many services and limited scope to substantially increase funding, improving public sector productivity will be critical. Join us on Tuesday 24 September, 17:30-18:30, at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool as we explore what the new Labour government can do to fix productivity. Our panel includes: ➡ Georgia Gould MP, Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) ➡ Daniel Butler, Head of Government Affairs at Google Cloud UK ➡ Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government ➡ Professor Mark Thompson, Professor of Digital Economy at the University of Exeter This event will be chaired by Emma Norris, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government. 📅 See our full programme of events in Liverpool: https://lnkd.in/e59dhsYg #productivity #ukgovernment #labourparty #publicservices #publicsector

Improving public service productivity: Can we have better services for less money? The Labour government has set ambitious public service objectives. But with poor performance across many services and limited scope to substantially increase funding, improving public sector productivity will be critical. Join us on Tuesday 24 September, 17:30-18:30, at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool as we explore what the new Labour government can do to fix productivity. Our panel includes: ➡ Georgia Gould MP, Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) ➡ Daniel Butler, Head of Government Affairs at Google Cloud UK ➡ Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government ➡ Professor Mark Thompson, Professor of Digital Economy at the University of Exeter This event will be chaired by Emma Norris, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government. 📅 See our full programme of events in Liverpool: https://lnkd.in/e59dhsYg #productivity #ukgovernment #labourparty #publicservices #publicsector

Could a streaming-style digital platform eliminate the duplication of effort and costs across local authorities? Prof Mark Thompson argues that issuing and collecting Council Tax and other services via a streamlined system could reduce annual spending across local authorities from £1.11bn to around £8.5m. https://brnw.ch/21wMKnc