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1、GovernmentandAdministration:ReassertingPublicServicesandtheirConsumersBYANDREWGRAYANDBILLJENKINSINtheaftermathoftheSeptemberattacksontheUSA,thePrimeMinistersetoutamessianicvisionattheLabourPartyConferenceinOctober.Thisisamomenttoseize.Thekaleidoscopehasbeenshaken.Thepiecesareinflux.Soontheywill
2、settleagain.Beforetheydo,letusreorderthisworldaroundus.Hecalledforglobaljusticebasedonthevaluesoffreedomanddemocracyandanationalandinternationalsenseofcommunityleadingtoanewworldorder.Therewasalsoadomesticapplication.TheLabourPartybelievedinthepublicserviceethosandinthededicationofpublicservan
3、ts.Yetthesystemsforprovidingserviceswereoutdatedandoftenworkedagainsttheirowngoals.Reformwasrequiredandwouldincludepartnershipwiththeprivateorvoluntarysectors.AlthoughthedomesticpartofTonyBlairssermonwasreceivedwithmixedfeelingsbysomeofhisaudience,thehighpriorityattachedtopublicservicereformin
4、NewLabourssecondtermhadbecomeclearbythe2001generalelection.ThePartymanifestosoughttoadvancepublicservicesnotonlythroughincreasedinvestmentbutalsobyempoweringteachersandpatientsandbycuttingredtape.1ItpromisedstructuralreformsandgreateruseofprivatesectormanagementtoimplementLaboursfivepledgesfort
5、henextterm:theseincluded20,000extranursesand10,000extradoctorsinareformedNationalHealthService,10,000extrateacherstobringhigherstandardsinsecondaryschoolsand6,000extrapolicerecruits.Labourselectioncampaign,postponedforamonthduetothedifficultiesincontaininganoutbreakoflivestockfootandmouthdiseas
6、e,focusedonpublicsectorreformandtheempowermentofpublicserviceconsumers.ItwaslaunchedbyBlairwithahymnandaprayerandaccompaniedbyamulti-ethnicchoirataLondoninner-citygirlsschool.Hetoldtheassembledpupils,sparedthetriptotheballotbox,thathesoughtamandatetomakeallthechangesnecessarytostrengthen,moder
7、niseandrevitaliseourschoolsandhospitals.Thegoalwasnotjusttowinyourvotebuttowinyourheartandyourmind(Guardian,9.5.01).Yetthecampaignitselflackedpunch(savefortheDeputyPrimeMinisterslefthook).ChancellorGordonBrownsannouncementthattheTreasur
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