http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/books-and-articles-by-dexter-whitfield/new-labours-attack-on-public-services/ New Labour is creating markets in public services on an unprecedented scale. Education, health and social care, children’s services, housing, planning and regeneration, the criminal justice system and the welfare state are all being marketised. Privatisation inevitably follows marketisation, eroding democratic accountability and embedding business interests. The impact will be far reaching. Any benefits in terms of economic, social and sustainable development that are gained through regional strategies and city regions could evaporate if market forces are allowed to run rampant across the public sector. Alternative policies and strategies must build on the support for democratic governance, social justice and the welfare state. As this timely book makes clear, action by alliances of trade unions, community organisations and civil society organisations is urgently required. en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit 2006-11-28T12:54:53Z European Services Strategy Unit, Duagh, Camp, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Dexter Whitfield marketisation, privatisation, transformation, modernisation, New Labour, outsourcing, welfare state, public services, infrastructure, PPPs, PFI, neoliberalism, globalisation, european services directive, markets, liberalisation, restructuring, alternative strategies, PPP, PFI, affordability, refinancing, democratic accountability, risk, public sector, reconfiguring services, public services, best value, privatisation, value for money, public investment, procurement, facilities management, in-house services, two-tier workforce, public assets, corporate welfare, public goods, transaction costs, public sector comparator, public private partnerships, private finance, private finance initiative, Dexter Whitfield, 2001-04-13T12:00Z 1 daily