Pluralism not privatisation is the route to better public services

摘要

When PM David Cameron wrote last week that, 'We will create a new presumption - backed up by new rights for public service-users and a new system of independent adjudication - that public services should be open to a range of providers competing to offer a better service', was he being revolutionary? And what was he signalling? What could this mean for local government?Mr Cameron was certainly laying down a challenge to the public sector - especially, local government - but also to voluntary, community, social enterprise and private sector providers.