Today's speech was notable for two omissions: the transformative potential of e-services and any mention of local government. Rather, Cameron painted a big picture of his determination to press for reform. He said that he would not fall in to the same trap as Tony Blair, who last year voiced regrets at wasting the opportunity for reform.
With an eye to the political battle looming over reforms to education and health in England, Cameron played down the scale of austerity. "When we're done with these cuts, spending on public services will actually still be at the same level as it was in 2006," he said. Rather, he portrayed the cuts as "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform our public services".
Cameron repeated his party's manifesto commitment to open data. "We're also going to make everything as transparent as possible. So people will not only know where the money is spent in our public services but how well that money is spent too - on health outcomes, schools results and crime figures."
He also suggested "swift and radical action" to cut the cost of overheads as the best way to protect jobs. "By squeezing what we pay to suppliers, by cutting spend on wasteful IT projects, by simply dropping some projects that were never going to deliver value, by our moratorium on advertising, marketing and consultants. All of these tough and unglamorous measures will save in the region of £3billion just in this financial year alone."
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Quelle/Source: UKauthorITy, 17.01.2011
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