Last night I went to Lambeth town hall in London for the first of a series of public meetings by the council to discuss its plans to become a co-operative. In practice, the plan means the council will launch a series of pilot projects in which local residents run public services, and will look favourably… Read more »
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Cooperatives are enjoying a moment
Once charities were seen as the magic bullet for public service reform. But now their place seems to have been usurped by another part of the third sector: cooperatives. Last month, Shadow Chancellor George Osborne promised to free public sector staff to form employee-led “John Lewis” style co-operatives and sell their services back to… Read more »