Council & Democracy

Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council exists to service the people of the Borough and to strive for a sustainable, safe and healthy environment in which they will want to live, work, and spend their leisure.

Our medium term (2007-12) plans are detailed in the Corporate Plan and Best Value Performance Plan and they seek improvements in the areas of:-

• Creating a cleaner, greener and safer Borough;
• Creating a Borough of opportunity;
• Creating a healthy and active community;
• Transforming our Council to achieve excellence.

Whilst pursuing its improvement priorities, the Council is keen to improve its performance in terms of the Value for Money it offers to the residents of the Borough.  Value for Money is assuming an ever increasing importance both on the central and local government agenda. The Corporate and Best Value Performance Plan (BVPP) demonstrates the Council’s commitment to deliver an excellent service to our communities.  An excellent service being defined as one providing value for money; achieving the optimum balance between efficiency, economy and effectiveness. 

The development of the Corporate & BVPP Plan, Medium Term Financial Plan, Service and Financial Plans and individual development plans as part of the performance management framework provides further scope for linking resource allocation to priorities and performance and ensuring maximum VFM in the use of limited resources.  The Council has also invested in a performance management system to provide a way of reviewing VFM in specific project areas, reporting on a timely basis and in a variety of formats for different clients to help drive the VFM agenda.

Additionally the production of the Gershon Efficiency Statement provides further momentum in terms of target levels of efficiency improvements.  This is replaced by the Comprehensive Spending Review 07, which expects 9.3% cashable savings over 3 years.

VFM is assuming an ever increasing importance in the assessment of a local authority. 

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