Let's start with this one:
5. Reforming Public Services: Labour is determined to lead reform in our Public Services to deliver better, more cost effective services in the interests both of promoting economic activity and of developing a fairer society.
It is quite obvious to me that it means we must streamline the entire sector and cut where necessary. Or am I reading this wrong?
- Far greater mobility of staff within the public sector will be required, so that key posts can be filled by transferring staff from low to high priority areas. With that kind of flexibility in place, payroll costs can be reduced without undue damage to services. The implementation of this scheme should be complemented by full flexibility of movement between all branches of the public and civil service for relevant grades.
- Redundancy package to remove approximately 1000 staff in the management grades
- Evaluation of public spending in the civil service
- Open recruitment to all public service posts should now be introduced. Every promotional opportunity in the public sector should be advertised for open competition.