Editorial: Paying by results will make it harder for charities to provide services

By Stephen Cook, Third Sector, 5 March 2008

After getting the sticky end of the lollipop in the Pathways to Work contracts last year, the voluntary sector was more interested than most in the new commissioning strategy published by the Department for Work and Pensions last week (Third Sector Online, 28 February).

Was James Purnell going to show himself more alert to the sector's potential contribution to employment services than Peter Hain, his predecessor as Secretary of State? Had Dame Mavis McDonald's trenchant report on the commissioning process for Pathways to Work, written on behalf of chief executives body Acevo, fallen on...

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