New public management doesn’t save money. It costs taxpayers a small fortune to do basic things. Once state capacity is abolished, private sector rent seeking goes into overdrive.
Reposted from Patrick Dunleavy
Local authorities say there were more than 1,500 children in 2023 for whom councils were paying over £500,000 a year to be placed in residential homes, with a lack of other options being the most common reason. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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