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There will be further developments with regard to best value, which the Minister for Finance and Local Government will announce in due course.People forget that best value is not just about cost; it is also about quality.
If the best-value audit is successful, it should be rolled out to the whole public sector, not only local government; the rest of the public sector should be held to account under the best-value regime.