MEMBERS of the public and councillors are to have a chance to put budget questions directly to the Leader of Swansea Council. A special meeting of the council’s Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will be taking place on Tuesday 7 February at 10am in the Council Chamber, Civic Centre. The purpose will be […]
Budget Scrutiny Outcomes
March 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The Service Improvement and Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel held its annual budget scrutiny meeting on 10 February, which was attended by Councillor Rob Stewart, Cabinet Member for Finance and Strategy (Leader), along with Ben Smith, the Chief Accountant. The purpose of the meeting was for the Panel to consider the Budget report before the Cabinet […]
Budget Scrutiny
February 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
A meeting of the Council’s Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will take place on Wednesday 10 February at 11am in Committee Room 6, Guildhall. The purpose will be to discuss the Council’s Budget Proposals. The Panel’s role is to question and challenge aspects of the budget in order to help it to form opinions […]
Budget Scrutiny meeting on 5 February
February 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
A meeting of the council’s Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will take place on Thursday 5 February at 12pm in Committee Room 2, Civic Centre. Councillor Rob Stewart (Leader of the Council) and the Council’s Head of Finance will field questions from councillors and the public about proposals which aim to save £81m over the […]
Scrutiny of budget proposals
December 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Service Improvement and Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will met on 7 January in order to discuss the budget proposals for 2015/16-2017/18. Councillor Rob Stewart, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance & Strategy will meet with the Panel to discuss the proposals. The Panel’s role is to question and challenge aspects of […]
What is the Best Way to Deliver Shared Services?
October 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
If you haven’t heard of shared services before it is a phrase you might come across more and more if you have anything to do with providing public services. Essentially it means different organisations sharing different parts of their business to achieve savings. So, for example, all public service providers need legal and finance functions and, […]