The arcane and unnecessary distinction between private and public sector employees is the root of the problem.
The new Prime Minister has acted quickly to ensure that crucial work can proceed.
Rediscovering the strong, municipal politics of the Nineteenth Century is the key to making Britain thrive in the Twenty First.
The academies plan could mark the start of a more effective, cheaper, de-centralised, responsive and accountable way of running the nation’s services.
We should start by recognising that current public services are not quite fit for purpose, and that cuts afford us an opportunity.
For too long, millions of our fellow Britons have lacked the skills or consistent record of employment to justify their level of workplace earnings.
A stress on character is at the heart of the reforms which Cameron described yesterday and which Gove is implementing.
All parents who are struggling – in their relationships with each other or with their children – need to access the help they need as early as possible.
A better approach is to give schools more freedom to make their own arrangements.
In the last Parliament, we were able to reduce the cost of government substantially, with administrative budgets falling by 40 per cent. But we need to go further.
He is seeking as radical a change in prisoner rehabilitation as he delivered in education.
The Government must be bold in helping students grow from passive receivers of higher education into empowered consumers.
Now Ministers must decide their priorities, and the Treasury must decide the financial constraints. Willing the end is insufficient without getting the detail right.
The Government has allowed this radical project to slip down their list of priorities. It must be restored.
These organisations have that strong public service ethos – but also employ the entrepreneurialism and commercial discipline of the private sector.