Without radical change to the way central and local government services are organised it will not be possible to deliver Labour’s plans to modernise Britain. This is the conclusion of a Fabian Society Report Information Age Government – Delivering The Blair Revolution. The Author, Liam Byrne, argues that the organisation of government is hopelessly out of date. Its structure is too complex. The different tiers and archaic procedures make it extremely cumbersome. The Report illustrates this by referring to the eleven different offices concerned with young people and the ten agencies with responsibilities for inspecting businesses.

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