CPS has completed a major study for Age Concern England on the case for and against a positive public duty to promote age equality.

This report considers evidence drawn from a major survey of social workers to critically assess the Government’s modernisation agenda for social services.

The Disability Rights Commission have appointed the Centre for Public Services to undertake two concurrent research projects as part of their work to draw up guidance to public authorities on the implementation of their responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).

The Centre has been commissioned by the Crime and Society Foundation, a project of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, School of Law, King’s College London to undertake a literature review on the marketisation of public services and the implications of the National Offender Management System (NOMS).

The Centre has been commissioned by the Crime and Society Foundation, a project of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, School of Law, King’s College London to undertake a literature review on the marketisation of public services and the implications of the National Offender Management System (NOMS).

CPS have been commissioned by the North West Regional Assembly and other regional partners to consider the options for strategic reorganisation of service delivery in the region to acheive greater synergy between regional, sub-regional, local and neighbourhoood levels and between policy areas. The first phase of the project considers the need to reorganise service delivery.

CPS assisted GMPTE and UNISON to develop an in-house alternative to outsourcing and privatisation, saving jobs in the process. (6/01/2004).

A CPS report on the alternatives to a strategic partnership with the private sector helped Northamptonshire UNISON retain in-house services. (16/12/04)

CPS assisted in the drawing up of a Best Value alternative to care home closures, cuts and privatisation, saving seven care homes in Stoke-on-Trent.