Participle

'Beyond Beveridge' is the interim report of the Commission on 2020 Public Services. It sets out the urgency for change, the limits of our current public services settlement, and the need for a systematic and long-term approach to reform. The report offers a positive vision for 2020 public services, and three policy building blocks to get us there: a shift in culture, a shift in power, and a shift in finance. The report represents the interim findings of our diverse and experienced commission, and the principles on which it will base its final conclusions in summer 2010.

Hilary Cottam, Principal Partner or Participle is one of the 20 cross party commissioners tasked with looking into the future of Britain's public services. This week Hilary was on the panel launching the Commission's interim report Beyond Beveridge: Principles for 2020 Public Services.