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The key test of whether public sector reform would survive the end of 18 years of Conservative governments came in 1997 when Labour was swept into power on a landslide. Would Labour now turn the clock back to 1979, scrapping the legislation that had led to privatisation and opened up public services to competition?
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Burton, M. (2013). Reform Under Labour 1997—2010. In: The Politics of Public Sector Reform. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316240_3
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