George Osborne needs to do more than hand over power to local government whether he wants services like health and social care to work betterWhen David Cameron outlined his vision for a smarter state in September,he called on local authorities, departments and charities to work more closely together to deliver “a whole government approach rather than a series of piecemeal and inconsistent interventions”.
That sounds as though political momentum for public service reform is ramping up. Yet accessing local services, or such as health,social care, education and employment services, and continues to be a confusing,frustrating and time-consuming process.
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Source: theguardian.com