2. Portfolio Management In Local Government April 2015
1. Context: Westminster City Council
2. Context: Change in the sector
3. Our Challenge
4. Approach: WCC Change Portfolio
5. Approach: Information Flow and Reports
6. Approach: Alignment to Governance
7. Approach: Three Pillars of Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management In Local Government
3. Portfolio Management In Local Government April 2015
Overview and Key Facts
Key Facts
• 990,000 average daytime population
• 105,800 households
• 220,000 residents
• 48,000 local businesses
• Annual budget in excess of £1bn
• 470 services provided to customers
Context: Westminster City Council
4. Portfolio Management In Local Government April 2015
In the next five to seven years Local Government will be
radically different from what it is now…
Balancing reductions in spending with improvements in
commercial income… major development in multi-agency working
Context: Change in the Sector
5. Portfolio Management In Local Government April 2015
Our Challenge
• £100m of annualised savings over
next three years on top of £100m
already saved over last three years
• Maintain and in some cases enhance
critical services against such a
financial constraint
• Deliver a new political strategy “City
for All”
• Major expectations on the delivery of
change