Public services
Public services touch the lives of everyone in society – and businesses have a major role to play as users, funders and suppliers in improving these services to meet the needs of UK citizens
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Transforming public services - from education and healthcare, to policing and welfare - is central to restoring public finances and encouraging growth in the economy. It requires bold thinking about the way we design and run public services, to ensure they provide both good outcomes and better value for money.
Business has a vital role to play in improving public services. Having a diverse range of providers increases quality, stimulates new ways of working and encourages greater efficiency – essential to encouraging growth and dealing with the deficit. The best providers from the public, private and voluntary sectors should compete on a level playing field – government needs to enhance its capacity to create and manage markets to make this happen.
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From healthcare and education to welfare and policing, read our ideas on public services
Business
How businesses have a positive impact on the UK's public services
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Don’t just rely on usual suspects for growth - CBI
The CBI today published a growth strategy for each geographical part of Britain, emphasising that every area, and cities in particular, need their own bespoke growth plan
CBI responds to Prime Minister's speech on criminal justice
The CBI responded to the Prime Minister’s speech on reform in the criminal justice system
The right medicine: three firms forging partnerships with the NHS
As the NHS reacts to the challenges posed by cost constraints on the one hand and the UK’s growing and ageing population on the other, there are opportunities for the private sector to help. Pip Brooking meets three companies that are using the scale of the NHS to benefit their business