Abstract
This article examines the role of regulation in reforming public services in England and Wales. Specifically it analyses the impact of public serviceregulation for two important elements of the present Labour Government’. modernisation agenda: joined-up government and partnerships. The rhetoric of joined-up government and partnerships is strong in government pronouncements, and embraces not only collaborative working between public sector agencies but also collaborative working between public and private sector agencies in the delivery of public services. Local housing authorities and housing associations have worked together for many years to provide social housing. However, these pioneers of public-private partnerships have been, and continue to be, subject to very different regulatory regimes affecting the way in which they operate. The article argues that more joined-up government not only necessitates partnership-working between policy-makers and service-providers, but also between the key regulatory...
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