Thursday, April 10, 2008

The Hutton inquiry that didn't happen

ConferenceBlog1.gifJohn Hutton, the secretary of state at the Department of Work and Pensions, was not a popular man last night.

The devout Blairite was scheduled to defend his plans to contract out many of the state's employment services to the voluntary and private sector at a Labour party fringe event organised by the Public and Commercial Services Union.

The PCS is keen to have a debate on why Mr Hutton believes the third sector is a better alternative than the public sector to deliver many of the JobCentre Plus services, as outlined in the DWP green paper.

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