A controversial outsourcing deal done by Somerset County Council 'could do better', according to the authority's own report.

SouthWest One, set up in 2007, was tasked with saving the Council a hundred and eighty million pounds over ten years.

A review's shown that only six million pounds of savings have so far been delivered, with sixty million to come, and estimates an eventual target of only a hundred and fifty million can be met.

Key software and staff training have also been criticised.