The move, included in Labour's manifesto, is part of the party's public sector reform programme. The changes would allow charities to compete on equal terms with the public sector to run offender, health and employment services.
Acevo, the organisation representing charity chief executives, is supportive of the plans. Stephen Bubb, chief executive of Acevo, said: "We can drive up efficiency and provide better services for young people."
But Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said the policy focus should move away from the "crisis-ridden" and "overcrowded" prison system to community sentences and post-prison resettlement.
www.labour.org.uk.
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