Use of consultants in Lambeth Council

  • Author:
    n/a
  • Send To:
    The Chief Executive of Lambeth Council and all Executive Directors
  • Sponsored By:
    Lambeth UNISON
  • More Info at:
Are you the Author?
We the undersigned note that lambeth spends 4.6 million a year on consultants in Regeneration and Housing alone.

We do not believe that it is good value for money for consultants to be used for years at a time. Consultants and "interim" managers do not have a long term commitment to Lambeth.

We support the police agreed at UNISON's Annual Meeting that the Union should not negotiate with consultants but with established Council employees.

We call upon the Council to ensure that they are represented at meetings with the trade unions by established employees.

140 Signatures

  • Heenal Rajani
    • Department
    • Regeneration & Housing
  • James Caspell
    • Department
    • Regeneration and Housing
  • Michelle Murray
    • Department
    • Housing
    • Comments
    • I am in full agreement of this petition
  • PETER FORDE
    • Department
    • housing
  • Kathleen Hammond
    • Department
    • Housing & Regeneration
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Housing Allocations
  • Eleanor Henry
    • Department
    • housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • supply and demand
  • Gemma Smedley
    • Department
    • housing and regeneration
    • Section/Business Unit
    • responsive repairs
    • Comments
    • we have good employees that can carryout consulting and setup a team if lambeth spent the time to organise it properly. this will be better value for money.
  • Gary Busson
    • Department
    • Regeneration & Housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Housing Property Services
  • Nidia Carvalho
    • Department
    • Housing Property Services
  • P Cooper
    • Department
    • Regeneration & Housing
  • JEANETTE SEARLES
    • Department
    • Housing Property Services
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Brixton Major Works Team
    • Comments
    • Keep consultants in-house
  • Robert Jackson
    • Department
    • Hostels
    • Section/Business Unit
    • T/Acc.
  • christine gibbons
    • Department
    • HRS
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Lettings first
  • gary whiting
    • Department
    • regen & housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • temp accom
  • Sandro
    • Department
    • Housing & Regeneration
  • Andrew
    • Department
    • Housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • ?
    • Comments
    • ?
  • Annelie Sernevall
    • Department
    • Major Works
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Housing Property Services
  • Pat Sheerin
    • Department
    • Regeneration & Housing
  • Gibrilla Musa
    • Department
    • Regeneration and Housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • EnvironmentalHealth Private Sector Housing
  • Ian Beard
    • Department
    • Finance & Resources
  • Richard Saunders
    • Department
    • Housing and Regeneration
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Planning
  • Douglas Newton
    • Department
    • Housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Regeneration &Houisng
  • John Fairbairn
    • Department
    • Finanace
    • Section/Business Unit
    • LSC
  • Mark Gillies
    • Department
    • Central Income Team
  • Julie Dabell
    • Department
    • Regeneration and Housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Finance
  • Alana Rhoden
    • Department
    • Finance & Resources
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Business Support
    • Comments
    • That is a disgrace
  • Miss Vivienne Jones
    • Department
    • Environment
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Lambeth Council
  • Lynette Paul
    • Department
    • Assessment & Customer Service
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Housing Services
    • Comments
    • Money could be invested in existing staff who are equipped to do the same job cheaper
  • Ebony Kingston
    • Department
    • UNISON
    • Comments
    • What is the point of spending so many millions on consultants when you think a lot of the boroughs services have been cut?
  • Sarah Vincent
    • Department
    • Housing
  • kathryn oldroyd
    • Department
    • housing
  • Abdul Mohamed
    • Department
    • Housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Regeneration and Housing
    • Comments
    • The cases of consultants use in the housing Directorate is Legion and wide spread - and most times without much justification and easy- a review of this is highly needed as it is wasteful and undermining of Council's permanent staff
  • J Skerrett
    • Department
    • Revenues and Benefits
  • Mike Walker
    • Department
    • Regeneration & Housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Housing Finance
    • Comments
    • Many senior consultants cost 3 times as much as permanent staff and this is sapping the financial resources (i.e. HRA) of the Housing Department
  • Grace Smith
    • Department
    • Regen & Housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • 860
    • Comments
    • It cant be cost efffective - I would imagine that often we already have the experienced sta ff within Lambeth
  • cristina posner
    • Department
    • Housing
  • L Piacentini
    • Department
    • Lambeth Service Centre (corporate)
  • Anne Smith
    • Department
    • Housing & Regeneration
  • Henry Ssemakula
    • Department
    • Finance and resources
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Lambeth Service Centre
    • Comments
    • I support your initiative because the tenants should get worth of what they pay for in taxes+rent
  • peter joiner
    • Department
    • out of hours repairs
    • Section/Business Unit
    • LSC
    • Comments
    • Agree tottally, money better spent on maintaining services and jobs
  • Pluxton
    • Department
    • housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • firstcall
    • Comments
    • just another sizable waste reminiscent of MPs 22,000 a year of tax payers money to furnish their homes what goes on????
  • Bob Keaveney
    • Department
    • Regeneration and Housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Major Works
  • ruth sorensen
    • Department
    • Regeneration and Housing
  • ROBERT SHEMILT
    • Department
    • HOUSING BENEFITS (FINANCE)
    • Comments
    • IS IT ALWAYS NECESSARY TO EMPLOY CONSULTANTS WHEN SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE LAMBETH EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO UNDERTAKE WHATEVER TASK IS REQUIRED? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SO OFTEN, THE TALENT 'IN HOUSE' IS OVERLOOKED. IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH SENIOR MANAGEMENT ARE RELUCTANT TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING A DECISION THEMSELVES AND FEEL THAT EMPLOYING THE SERVICES OF A CONSULTANT WILL RELIEVE THEM OF THAT BURDEN. WHAT DO THEY ALL DO? JUDGING BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN BENEFITS OVER THE PAST 6 - 7 YEARS, NOT MUCH AND WHAT'S THE COST BEEN? WE WILL NEVER KNOW. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ONCE THESE CONSULTANTS HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY INTO THE SYSTEM AND GRATIFIED THEMSELVES WITH MANAGEMENT THEY ARE MADE. DERRICK ANDERSON TALKS OF VALUE FOR MONEY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT REVIEWING THE NEDD AND ROLE OF CONSULTANTS SHOULD BE ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ISSUES IN THAT PROCESS.
  • YIng Chan
    • Department
    • Regeneration and Enterprise
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Adult Learning Service
  • Anthony McDonald
    • Department
    • Housing
  • clarence
    • Department
    • housing
    • Section/Business Unit
    • rent and tenantcy
    • Comments
    • i dont think this is right
  • Helen Sprogis
    • Department
    • Housing & Regeneration
    • Section/Business Unit
    • Adult learning
  • vivienne jones
    • Department
    • Environment
    • Section/Business Unit
    • n/a
  • SUE BECKER
    • Department
    • Housing Options