One of the recurring concerns in recent years has been about whether local newspapers are carrying out one of their key public service functions: the coverage of courts.
Amid the uncertainty over the government's plans, commercial rivals of RTP, which have long complained that the public broadcaster does too much, have proposed their own alternatives, under which they would take over some public service functions.
Lastly, a mere increase in salary would not automatically reinstate the sense of purpose that is required to make public services function: as such it would not be enough to make moonlighting disappear spontaneously [ 119, 120].
In January that group, along with Dex One, the largest phone-book distributor in Seattle, challenged the city's new law in court, arguing that the yellow pages deserve the highest level of First Amendment protection, since they perform a public-service function.
Government finances are in disarray and public services barely function.
We are the people without whom the rest of the public services cannot function".
There is also another Gosplan 2.0: the one that uses all those sensors, algorithms, databases and real-time co-ordination in order to offer public services that function outside the price system itself.
Pensions are the backbone that allows this public service employee system to function.
In delivering public services it will function like a business, making sure that it offers value for money for local people.
Imelda Redmond, chief executive of the charity Carers UK, says: "Our society and public services could not function without the massive contribution made by over 6 million carers in the UK.
