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  To expand on my last post and explain further.
  
  Back in the 80's one of the successes was the privatisation of local services through contracting out. This saved taxpayers a lot of money and, when they got the contracts and contract supervision right, led to better services. Though I admit that at times there were some 'false starts' when trying to get it right. The first loo contract in Dover being an example, the first was a bit of a dud and required action to resolve but the subsequent contract worked well.
  
  The employees were given the chance to bid for these contract for their particular service and often won the bids.
  
  So these co-operatives now featuring in Conservative policy are a development from that. This could work well for services that would not be appropriate to fit the older more commercial model for contracting out.
  
  This is perfectly in line with the whole shift of Conservative policy towards personal responsibility and small government. This is about an end to top down control and giving staff more say and influence over their workplace and even their pay.
  
  I was encouraged by the opposition to it from Unite, the Union, they hate it for exactly the reasons I like it. this will reduce their influence and end national pay bargaining.

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