Former banker Maude, while talking tough on financial management of contracts, makes it clear that the private companies will be calling the shots across Whitehall at the expense of democratic accountability:
"There may be some scope in bundling deals together. There will be ways in which outsourcers will be helped and encouraged to take cost out of the way contracts are delivered.. And I make the point in terms of the carrot. We have a government in place for five years, and it’s a stated coalition policy that we expect public services not to be delivered in-house. So there is more scope for provision by outside suppliers from civil society or the public sector."