Brent Council Inefficiency

One of the things that has come as a big shock to me is finding out how inefficient parts of Brent Council are. A little while ago, a report was commissioned from PWC into Brent Council's effectiveness. I had heard some rumours of major problems it turned up but the Liberal Democrats and Tories refused us access to it, so we never got to see the detail.

After getting into office, I find we seem to have a highly ineffective billing and procurement process, seriously outdated staff structures, a rickety property portfolio and altogether an organisation whose financial management appears to have been seriously neglected in recent years. Instead of attending seriously to these problems, Paul Lorber and his colleagues seem to have been happy to just drift along.

Now we are going to have to sort it out in the midst of one of the toughest budget settlements local government has ever seen.