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Villages don’t speak with one voice, they shout with many

July 18, 2011

As a village boy born and bred, I was excited to hear David Cameron is planning to give villages the power to commission certain public services. It seems only right a place with one pub, a church, no shop and a lot of grass should be able to choose different service providers than a place with loads of shops, busy roads and 24-hour nightclubs.

The philosophy of the Prime Minister’s Open Public Service whitepaper is sound (provided you take them as writ). But nevertheless, I think they could be disastrous. (more…)