Julian Le Grand is Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE) and has been a senior policy advisor to the Prime Minister (Tony Blair). If there is a single defining thought about New Labour's approach to public services, it surrounds the benefit of choice, alongside investment. And if there has been a single leading intellectual exponent of this thesis, it is Julian Le Grand, the health policy adviser to the prime minister. Wikipedia
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