Full coverage of UK Politics Bottom-up is a key buzz-word for David Cameron and his team. It encapsulates the idea that, instead of central government imposing technocratic targets and exact approaches, decision-making and experimentation should be allowed at the local level. But will this approach work? David Cameron needs to take a risk in order to make reforms Tim Hames says not, arguing that : “To call this [idea] optimistic is too kind. Be it the public sector or the private sector, the old ways are invariably the comfortable option for most of us. New ideas have to be imposed or they will never be implemented. ‘Bottom-up reform’ is as plausible as bottom-up rain.” Read more... ...
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Full coverage of UK Politics Bottom-up is a key buzz-word for David Cameron and his team. It encapsulates the idea that, instead of central government imposing technocratic targets and exact approaches, decision-making and experimentation should be allowed at the local level. But will this approach work? David Cameron needs to take a risk in order to make reforms Tim Hames says not, arguing that : “To call this [idea] optimistic is too kind. Be it the public sector or the private sector, the old ways are invariably the comfortable option for most of us. New ideas have to be imposed or they will never be implemented. ‘Bottom-up reform’ is as plausible as bottom-up rain.” Read more... ...