The Guardian view on the voluntary sector and the state: this crucial relationship needs resetting | Editorial

The model of outsourcing public services is broken. Charities, councils and ministers need to find new ways of collaborating Cheap, efficient and entrepreneurial: these were the characteristics that politicians hoped the voluntary and private sectors would bring to the provision of public services. First under New Labour, then under the Conservatives during a period when councils and government departments had far less money, a radical reshaping of the state’s role also led to a reshaping