Think big on shared budgets

摘要

Eric Pickles regards it as 'the future for public services.' The DCLG secretary thinks local areas should 'think big', and it's 'time to let local areas grow up and do things their way.' Mr Pickles was referring this week to the community budgets pilots which officially launch on Friday. For those of us who believe that innovation in local government did exist before last year's general election, the community budgets concept has a familiar ring.