I am opsting here as although not directly about the deregulation idea - it is linked and needs to be considered with the agency idea

Please look at the following

http://ht.ly/bcXIR

In particular

New opportunities
The Community Right to Challenge provisions in the Localism Act 2011 will enable
voluntary and community bodies, local authority employees that wish to form a public
service mutual6 to deliver the service, and parish councils to express an interest in
running a local authority service. The Community Right to Challenge provisions are
expected to come into effect on 27 June 2012, subject to parliamentary approval. Draft
Statutory Guidance on the Community Right to Challenge is available at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/public...ngestatguidanc
e. When the provisions come into force, local authorities will have to consider
expressions of interest and, where they accept them, run a procurement exercise for the
service. The Right will hand the initiative to groups with good ideas about how services
can be run differently or better, ensure their ideas get a fair hearing, and that they get the
time they need to prepare effective bids for services.
5 Sure Start Children’s Centre Statutory Guidance:
http://www.education.gov.uk/consulta...ionId=1808&ext
ernal=no&menu=1
6 A public service mutual is an organisation which has left the public sector (also known as (‘spinning out’)
but continues to deliver public services. Further information is available from the Mutuals Information
Service at http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/what.
10
The Right will provide parents and communities with new opportunities to:
􀂃 form their own community body and express an interest in running a local
children’s centre or a particular children’s centre service themselves;
􀂃 link up with local community organisations who are interested in broadening their
activities and expressing an interest in running a children’s centre or a particular
children’s centre service; or
􀂃 link up with local authority employees who are interested in forming a public
service mutual and express an interest in running a children’s centre or a
particular children’s centre service.


Now I know I sometimes get my facts muddled - and sometimes read something quickly and miss a vital sentence BUT does this mean that IF we end up with the agency model we could end up being governern by a CC that is run by parents or a mixed community group?

How do you read it?

Another piece of the puzzle - maybe?

Penny