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The new PM wants a different approach. Local government already has one
A binary choice between outsourcing and overstretched in-house teams is no longer good enough, writes Norse Group Chief Executive Justin Galliford. Public services need a more credible answer There is a familiar lesson in public services: keep using the same model and it is optimistic to expect a different result. The political landscape has shifted quickly, but the pressures facing councils, police forces and the NHS have not. Demand is rising, public expectations are high and budgets remain constrained. Dissatisfaction with the quality and reliability of local services helped carry Andy Burnham into Number 10. The harder question is what [...]
