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From New Labour to a New Era?

In: Working for the State

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  • Susan Corby
  • Graham Symon

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Like Zeus, the ancient Greek King of the Gods, the public sector changes its shape. Thirty-five years ago, the United Kingdom’s public sector included, for instance, water, telecommunications and transport services, but they are all now in the private sector. The trajectory is not, however, one way. Thus at the time of writing, some banks — Northern Rock and Royal Bank of Scotland Group — and rail infrastructure — Network Rail — are in the public sector, having previously been in the private sector. Moreover, central and local governments and the National Health Service (NHS) commission private sector organisations to provide some of their services. Also, just as Zeus’s lovers may not always have appreciated who he was, it is sometimes difficult to appreciate what is in the public sector. For instance universities are classified by the Office for National Statistics as private sector organisations, although many a bystander — and even university employees — would consider that they are part of the public sector.1

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  • Susan Corby & Graham Symon, 2011. "From New Labour to a New Era?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Susan Corby & Graham Symon (ed.), Working for the State, chapter 1, pages 3-20, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-34798-4_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230347984_1
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