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Councils 'should hire more charities'
By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 21 July 2008
Local authorities need to act on their positive views of the voluntary sector's ability to deliver public services and give more contracts to charities and social enterprises, according to nfpSynergy.
The think tank 's first Local Authorities Monitor, which surveyed nearly 900 councillors and officers in England and Wales, found that about two-thirds think charities provide public services as cost-effectively as companies. Exactly half of officers and 58 per cent of councillors also thought charities could deliver services as cost-effectively...
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