What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of deprivation.
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Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.
We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives.
Government is connected to everything we do.
What we're also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing.
State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.
What I would say is governments need assistance to run their organisations more efficiently just like businesses do.
When ministers in this government talk about investing in education and skills, about making the planning system work; about employment law reform and delivering transport and power generation and broadband communication infrastructure, we are talking about raising Britain's productivity.
I think governments can't do much.
There are cases where government-to-government aid actually has worked. Look at the eradication of smallpox and the near eradication of polio. But these are really top down solutions that require government-to-government support and aid.
Government should concentrate on building up infrastructure and skill development. Simplification of taxation is another important area.
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