Oppose One Barnet privatisation? Sign here!

Monday, 30 July 2012

Oppose One Barnet privatisation? Sign here!

Following Helen Michael's recent performance in the Barnet council chamber, when she spoke against Barnet's damaging parking policies, the Barnet Alliance for Public Services has launched its own petition. We aim to collect 7,000 signatures, which would enable us to trigger a council debate on its One Barnet privatisation plan.

The text of the petition is:

Hands off our Barnet! Stop the One Barnet Programme petition

We, residents of Barnet, are alarmed at the council's plan known as the ONE BARNET PROGRAMME, to hand over our public services to private for-profit companies. We call for an immediate stop to these measures until the issue is put to the electorate in the form of a simple YES or NO referendum on the ONE BARNET PROGRAMME.

We are collecting signatures on paper, but also online on the council's own e-petitions website. Please sign today and share the link:
http://petitions.barnet.gov.uk/StopOneBarnet/#detail

2 comments:

David Duff said...: Was there "a simple YES or NO referendum" when all these activities were taken over by local government?; 31 July 2012 at 10:13
Mrs Angry said...: what a silly remark, Duff ... no, because these functions have either been adopted over a long period of time, or did not exist before local government as we know it came into being ... and clearly there was never a comparable point when 70% of these functions were scooped up in one go by councils ...; 15 August 2012 at 22:37

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"This model has a sound theoretical basis... [sic] However it is unproven at this scale." Future Shape cabinet report, 3 December 2008

"Nobody has said this is going to be easy, it's a work in progress, some of it will never see the light of day." Barnet council leader Mike Freer, 16 November 2009

"I do not believe Soviet bureaucratic initiatives like One Public Sector, Labour’s Total Place (and Barnet’s Future Shape / Easy Council) ideas are... the way forward." Barnet councillor Mark Shooter, 4 September 2010

“There are... many examples of long-term partnerships where the commitment and enthusiasm of the provider has waned over the duration of the contract. Major... organisations will generally resource extensively during the first year, or two, of a new contract but this level of resourcing diminishes as the contract moves to a more stable business as usual position.” One Barnet Procurement Principles, 1 March 2011

"...there can be little confidence that Barnet has the capability, and perhaps more worryingly the culture, necessary to meet the challenge posed by the letting and management of contracts that, under the One Barnet plan, will be far bigger than anything the Council has previously dealt with." 'London Borough of Barnet: Procurement and Contract Management', Association for Public Service Excellence, March 2012

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Monday, 30 July 2012