03/08/2009
Allison Ogden-Newton in The Guardian on social enterprise public service delivery
When Lord Mandelson warned earlier this month of significant savings in expenditure as the government attempts to repair the public finances, he was acknowledging what most of us had already guessed. Those old enough to remember the Bay City Rollers have been here before; recession followed by efficiency savings, leading to cuts in frontline services. Since those uncertain times, things have changed. Instead of wearily opening the back door to the private sector as the government did then, social enterprises are now ready to offer a compelling alternative.
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