The final report of the Commission on 2020 Public Services
The 2020 Public Services Trust has published its final report, ‘From social security to social productivity: a vision for 2020 Public Services’.
The report is the culmination of 18 months reflections on the challenges facing the public sector.
It identifies a triple crisis of rising social demand, fiscal constraint and inadequate productivity. It suggests moving beyond the Beveridge model of top down, centralised, state run services and advocates a bottom up approach and negotiated autonomy for each area.
The authors see a shift in culture power and finance as vital including moving commissioning of services closer to citizens and communities. It expands on many of the current themes of public services and commissioning including mutually run services, localism, prevention, payment by result, social impact bonds and financial constraints.
Download the final report.
15 September 2010
