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A new CBI report on public services reform identifies how to maintain high quality public services and achieve £22.6 billion or more of taxpayer savings by further opening up public service delivery to independent providers.

The Open Access report highlights the challenge of making significant reductions in public spending in order to balance the budget by the end of 2016/17. It also takes into account the increasing pressure that changing demographics will put on services.

Ploughing on regardless is not an option and urgent action is needed from the Government to deliver its Open Public Services strategy – finding new ways to deliver essential services at lower costs.

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