Legal spend among local councils falls by £18m in a year
Spending on external legal services by local councils fell by 10 per cent from £174m to £156m during 2013/14, research by Thomson Reuters has found. On average local authorities spent £360,000 on external legal firms during the 2013/14 financial year while unitary authorities surpassed this figure, with each spending on average £561,000. However, London boroughs […]