Far from the usual embedded doctrine of the left and right (public good private bad) the campaign's latest paper explores the reality of emerging practices, such as in-sourcing services because of market failure, and calls for a public service user bill to embed into contracting the right for the public to say no to rip-off contractors.
Remembering that public services are there for users not as a milch cow for private profit and shareholders is enhanced by a call for the private contractors to be brought within the boundaries of the freedom of information act - in the current climate of phantom work on Government contracts this would be a useful tool to hold contractors to account in the same way that public services are.
We now need a commitment from Labour to stop the rhetoric on being tough on rip off contractors and to act with a genuine commitment to support the values and benefits of truly public services.
http://weownit.org.uk/
Anna Rose