Charles Clarke calls for more upfront fees for public services / Guardian, 17 July 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jul/17/health.education?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews
Andrew Sparrow
"Taxpayers should be asked to pay directly for a wider range of public services, the former cabinet minister Charles Clarke suggested today. Clarke said that introducing more "user charges" would be "very politically controversial" but could help public services to improve."
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