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A new Co-operatives Bill, announced today (19 January 2012) by the Prime Minister David Cameron, will provide new rights for public sector workers to create mutuals and own a stake in their success.

皇冠体育app Co-operatives Bill, to be put before Parliament before the next election, will cut red tape and help to build a fairer economy.

Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, said:

Today, the Prime Minister confirmed our commitment to a fairer market, with diverse and vibrant enterprises. This is as vitally important for the public sector as it is for the rest of the economy. 皇冠体育app evidence is clear, mutuals can provide better, more efficient public services, and so we are giving frontline staff, across the public sector, real power to make things better.

We have developed new Rights to Provide for public sector workers to create mutuals in health and social care services. In health services alone, employee-led mutuals are already delivering almost a billion pounds worth of services. We will extend these rights as far as possible across the public sector. 皇冠体育app new Co-operatives Bill will make it even easier for these organisations to become co-operatives by cutting red tape and helping to build a fairer economy.

Background

Evidence shows that productivity can be up to 19% higher in organisations where staff feel they have a stake in success.

In December, Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, launched the 拢10 million , which will provide business and professional services (such as HR, legal, financial, tax and business planning) to groups of staff or existing mutual organisations in the public sector.

In addition, public sector staff who want to take control of the services they run can access information and support through the new and hotline 0845 5390543.

To empower staff to pursue these opportunities, the government is rolling out new 鈥楻ights to Provide鈥� across public services, so that employees can request or bid to take over the services they deliver.

皇冠体育app Department of Health is at the forefront of with 鈥楻ights to Provide鈥� in health and social care.

皇冠体育app government is following the progress of 21 pathfinders, supported by expert mentors including John Lewis, A4e, KPMG and PWC, and will address the barriers that can constrain open public services - this includes encouraging public service commissioners to disclose TUPE liabilities at an early stage during a commissioning process or when the Right to Provide or Right to Challenge has been invoked. As public services become more open, the government will keep under review VAT barriers which impede public, private or Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations, from delivering public services.

, which administers pensions for 1.5 million civil servants, is leading the way in developing the mutual joint venture model. 皇冠体育app staff will share ownership of the organisation with a private partner and the government, who will also retain a stake to ensure tax-payers benefit as improvements are made.

Pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQs) for all central government procurements under 拢100,000 have been eliminated.