“New Values revisited: embedding procurement reform for good local growth and jobs”
Work in progress
In October 2024 Localis launched New Values: Public Contracts for Social Prosperity with Norse Group. It is an in depth look into how local authorities can work towards strategic, locally beneficial procurement by adopting a blended approach and using hybrid models to deliver gains in efficiency, productivity and social value.
A year later much has changed in this evolving policy arena. Starting last December with publication of the English Devolution White Paper – and this July with the arrival of the long-awaited English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, and in light of the launch of a new consultation on public procurement from the Cabinet Office, we are looking back at New Values and assessing how the argument, narrative and recommendations have been impacted by the spate of reforms announced in the months since its release.
In our review, we will also be taking into account the political direction set by local government secretary Angela Rayner in her speech to the LGA Conference 2025, with its emphasis on insourcing and the removal of bureaucratic procurement hurdles.
We will be running a webinar in mid to late September to launch this report.
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