“No stone left unturned” Number 4: What about the senior management review?

On 17 September 2024 Barnet UNISON responded to news of the impending financial crisis by submitting the following proposal:

“One Chief Executive not three: plus, a senior management review.”

UNISON proposes that for starters Barnet Council deletes two chief executive roles as part of the major review of all senior management roles starting from Head of Service, Assistant Directors, Directors, Executive Directors before any decisions are taken about cutting vacancies/redundancies, raising charges and/ or cutting services to residents.”

Source: https://www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2024/10/18/barnet-council-the-tale-of-three-chief-executives-and-one-plumber/

To date we have not had a response.

UNISON comment.

Barnet UNISON would like to confirm that we are expecting this review to include the senior management across the two outsourced local authority trading companies known as The Barnet Group (TBG) and Barnet Education and Learning service (BELs). There are several reasons. The first is that Barnet Council defends the existence of these two companies by stating they are simply an extension of the Council and that similar roles exist in other London Councils, in which case the senior management teams (SMT) across these companies must form part of the chief executive’s senior management restructure. Both companies are owned by the London Borough of Barnet.

Before any jobs and services are cut the accountability must start from the top and that includes all three SMTs.

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