Ensuring that public money delivers clear, positive outcomes to those who use public services is at the heart of good decision-making. Unless we have a clear idea of what the projected outcomes are from the decisions we take, and a sense of whether those outcomes are worth the monetary investment needed to make them happen, we can’t know that resources are being spent in the right way on the right things. This has always been important, but with councils now managing much smaller resource bases, getting it right is more important than ever. Leaders and Chief Executives also need reassurance ...