The Work Foundations warns that coalition policy is failing to deliver the public service innovation that could dramatically boost value for money.

The Foundation’s report argues that the private sector should be used as a model rather than a substitute for public service innovation. It warns that a narrow focus on cuts and the ‘outsourcing’ of innovation to the private sector risks neglecting the potential of the public sector itself. Instead, the coalition should use the lessons of the private sector to reach a better understanding of how public spending can support innovation and boost value for money through investment, networks and nurturing innovation ‘ecosystems’.

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