Claims by Durham County Council when bidding for unitary status
Costs and Savings
Having one council would enable council tax charges for principal council services to be reduced for the majority of households to the level of the current lowest district area. This could be done because one unitary council would achieve year-on-year savings of £21 million compared to the current eight council, two-tier structure.
To achieve this, one-off transition costs of £12.4 million would be required but would be met from initial cost savings and existing county and district council financial reserves.
Northumberland County Council when bidding for unitary status
Making the best possible use of taxpayers’ money
§ Savings of approximately £17 million per year are expected, which means more money can be spent on improving services.
Unitary rushed - Northern Echo
I'm pretty sure that there were challenges over the figures the county councils used but I can't find them off hand - lots of examples of overegging the pudding.
Contrast with an Audit Cssn report that found larger organisations (at least in the NHS) had higher unit costs (Healthcare Finance, June 2007, p8)
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