Right to Provide Announced

Wednesday, December 08th, 2010 | Posted in : |

The Government is set to roll out new ‘Rights to Provide’ across public services so that employers will be expected to accept suitable proposals from front line staff who want to take over and run their services as mutual organisations, Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office announced.

Every Government Department will put in place a far reaching right to for public sector workers to take over the running of their services. However, services in areas such as defence and security may be exempt. The new right will only apply if appropriate guarantees are met, mutual proposals will be expected to deliver savings to the taxpayer maintain or improve the quality of services. Where public procurement processes allow and savings are properly agreed, staff forming a mutual will be awarded a contract to continue providing services rather than going through the full tender process.

For more information on becoming a mutal please download the mutuals flyer here. For the full story please visit the cabinet office website

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