To agree to commission consultancy support to accelerate the delivery of savings from transformation activity for the 2023/24 budget and future years.

That:

(a) That the cabinet member for finance, corporate services and planning authorises commitment to spend to transform services and realise benefits as proposed in Appendix A

(b) The council’s Director for Resources and Assurance can directly commission support from the council’s strategic transformation partner (Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, (PWC) ) to the value of £573k to map out and support acceleration to how the council will achieve the proposed savings plan in the 2023/24 budget which are aligned to transformation activity

(c) That delegated authority is given to the Director for Resources and Assurance in consultation with the Chief Executive to make all operational decisions to implement the above recommendations