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摘要

So, PM David Cameron finally stamps his personal vision on government with the open public services White Paper. To be published a week hence, it aims to end what Mr Cameron terms 'old-fashioned, top-down, take-what-you're-given' public services. The means for ending state monopoly is an automatic right for private and voluntary sector bodies to bid for public work. In practical terms, this might be considered a 21st century recasting of Margaret Thatcher's drive for compulsory competitive tendering (CCT).