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£12.4 million for Greater Manchester to improve services

The government today announced £89.4 million investment in service improvements which will save over £900 million in the long-term.

This included £12.4 million for Greater Manchester councils to improve community services.

The integrated services will support people back into work, improve the life chances of children and young people, and improve residents’ health.

All of the bids were submitted by partnerships which set out how they would work together to eliminate duplicate services and provide more coherent support for people.

In total, the 73 successful bids involve 287 partners including 122 local authorities and 165 other organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Local Government Minister Kris Hopkins said: “The local authorities behind these projects have shown what can be done to improve the services people get, helping them to live independently and reducing demand for public services.

“By working with the local police, health bodies, Jobcentre Plus, voluntary groups and others they are eliminating waste and creating services which help people first time – not services which send people from pillar to post to get problems sorted.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sophia Taha .