Promotional material

Opening public services: leaflet

Promotional leaflet outlining the principles of open public services, with examples.

• From: Open Public Services and Cabinet Office
• Published: 31 July 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Opening public services

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This leaflet outlines the principles of open public services:

• choice - wherever possible, we should increase choice by giving people direct control over the services they use
• local control - power should be decentralised to the lowest appropriate level, including parish and neighbourhood councils where possible
• diversity - public services should be open to a range of providers competing to offer a better service
• fair access - the state’s role is to ensure fair access
• accountability - public services should be accountable to users and to taxpayers

It gives examples for each of these principles.

Published 31 July 2011