Six London boroughs have combined to slash almost £1.5m a year in legal fees.

The London Boroughs Legal Alliance, which links lawyers from Harrow, Hammersmith & Fulham, Camden, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Kensington & Chelsea councils, aims to save £1.44m through a pioneering collaboration.

It will share a panel of 16 firms which is understood to include national firm Weightmans and south-west firms Ashfords and TLT. London firm Moon Beever will give advice on debt recovery and insolvency and north-east firm Dickinson Dees will advise on pensions, private finance initiatives and public private partnerships.