Thread: County Council plans to outsource almost all services?
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Old 24-09-2010, 11:33   #6
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Re: County Council plans to outsource almost all services?
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Originally Posted by Taf View Post
ALMO? The new name for QANGO?
ALMO - Arms Length Management Organisation

They have their own management structure and staff, and are limited companies in their own right, with the Local Authority as the sole shareholder.

I forget the precise date, but sometime in the early 2000's I think, LA's were offered large financial incentives to create ALMO's to manage their housing stock. I suppose a QUANGO may have similarities, as I suppose an ALMO is (Q)ausi (A)utonomous. However as much as the ALMO's may not like to admit it, they are still very much a (local)government body.

In the context of the housing side of things, read her: http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk..._organisations
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