from the Guardian UK:
David Cameron has unveiled plans to shake up the "old fashioned" delivery of public services by ending the state's "monopoly" over provision and paving a wider path for private companies, charities and mutuals to play a part.
The prime minister promised to "release the grip of state control and
power in people's hands" as he unveiled his long-awaited pubic service reform white paper and claimed that the current delivery of public services is "failing on fairness".
In a speech in east London, Cameron said that while public services were centralised "with all the right intentions", the impact had been "incredibly damaging" to users. This was because the "old fashioned top-down take-what-you're-given culture ... is just not working for a lot of people".
Under the plans, communities will be allowed to set up neighbourhood councils to commission services on a hyper-local level, individuals will get more personal budgets to buy their own services and the use of payment by results will be expanded to encourage markets to develop across the public sector. ..............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/11/david-cameron-promises-end-state-monopoly-public-services
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