Savings of £46m have been made in the last 12 months by
Birmingham City Council's Corporate Services Transformation (CST)
programme.
Over the next ten years, the programme, launched in October
2007, is on course to realise gross savings of £625m,
said the council.
"After overcoming initial teething troubles, CST is now
consistently ensuring that well over 90% of council invoices are
paid on time, the best recorded performance the authority has ever
enjoyed," the council said.
Council deputy leader Paul Tilsley said, "Over ten years, our
nine strand Business Transformation programme is on course to
deliver more than £2bn of benefits for the authority, of which
about £1.5bn will be cashable, keeping council tax down and
providing money to invest in improving services."