In a speech in London, Cameron described the reforms as a "people power revolution", replacing "bureaucratic control" with "more freedom, more choice and more local control".
His speech follows the publication of the Open Public Services White Paper, setting out the government’s approach to public services.
The white paper includes details of policies already being pursued by the government including the Community Right to Buy – being introduced in the Localism Bill, which could allow local people and communities the chance to take over establishments such as children’s centres.
The document also re-emphasises plans to create more free schools, as well as steps to create provision for excluded children by allowing a wider range of providers, including voluntary and private sector organisations, to offer them places.
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