Local Partnerships is a joint venture between the Local Government Association and Partnerships UK, incorporating 4ps and all its current services We occupy a unique position as policy delivery partners for central and local government and act exclusively for and on behalf of the public sector freely sharing the intellectual property we develop through the publication of cutting edge guidance helping the sector deliver value and saving costs We aim to package these core service programmes so that they provide intensive support to programmes in priority sectors, such as Building Schools for the Future, DEFRA’s Waste Improvement Programme, and the third wave of Housing PFI projects We were established to deliver long term value for the public sector by using our commercial skills to strengthen client side capability In the last four years we have conducted 536 Gateway reviews, 1059 skills events and in the last year worked with 135 local authorities in England