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Monday May 15, 2006
Sector welcomes government shake-up
Initial responses to the shift of responsibility for the voluntary sector away from the Home Office seem to have been mostly positive.
"We're very pleased," said Stephen Bubb, chief executive of Acevo. "This was one thing we raised during our meeting with Tony Blair earlier this year."
Stuart Etherington, chief executive of the NCVO, said it was an ideal solution. "Our 2005 election manifesto called for the Cabinet Office to be given responsibility for the sector," he said.
An editorial in Third Sector welcomed the changes, which see the creation of an office for the third sector headed by Ed Miliband, reporting to Hilary Armstrong in the Cabinet Office.
It's been a long time coming, and it might not prove in practice to be as streamlined and dynamic as it appears on paper. But it goes a long way towards what the NCVO and others have been urging on the Government for some time.
Apparently, more details of the sector's role in public service delivery will be revealed at a conference hosted by the Cabinet Secretary on 6 June.
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