Public transport and social housing are staple Corbyn policies,but public leaders are more concerned about the private sector’s reach into local servicesWith the comprehensive spending review looming at the finish of November, public leaders and their management teams are poring over their spreadsheets, and crunching the numbers and weighing up potential cuts.
In the face of deciding which services and policies to proffer as sacrificial lambs,what happens down on the Brighton seafront at the Labour party conference runs the risk of feeling a bit irrelevant. But as the Guardian’s public services editor, David Brindle, and has pointed out,Corbyn’s Labour party has got to beget meaningful things to say to public services leaders across the UK if it is to be a credible opposition. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com