Thumbing through Cornwall Council's four-year strategic plan the other day I was struck by the clarity and vision running through the sections on how to "purchase" services rather than simply provide them. They seemed strangely familiar. Had I read this somewhere before?
Probably not, but if you spend too long in second-hand book shops you risk coming across "Smart Contracting For Local Government Services." Published in 1999, it's a 232-page appreciation of all that privatisation can do for busy executives who just don't have time to run things themselves. If it's not yet top of the reading list at County Hall, I forecast it soon will be. £86.95 hardback.
The author? A chap called Kevin Lavery. Probably just a coincidence.
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