Bevan Brittan LLP Chief Executive, Stuart Whitfield will today attend a meeting with the Prime Minister, Tony Blair at Downing Street to discuss the transformation of the provision of public services as part of a delegation of CBI members.

Mr Whitfield was invited to meet the Prime Minister as a member of the CBI’s Public Services Strategy Board (PSSB) along with CBI Director General, Digby Jones and other influential PSSB members to discuss how the quality and efficiency of public services can be improved and to demonstrate how the PSSB are working with other stakeholders to try to deliver this.

Bevan Brittan has been a long standing member of the CBI and Mr Whitfield became a member of the PSSB last year.

Mr Whitfield said: “I am pleased to have this opportunity to discuss these issues with the Prime Minister.  At Bevan Brittan we specialise in working at the cutting edge of public service reform and as a firm we have considerable understanding of the effort and commitment going into the development of alterative ways of providing our public services.

Over the last decade we have witnessed the creation of new models for public service delivery, many of which we are proud to have provided the legal framework for, such as NHS LIFT and the Building Schools for the Future programme.  These new partnerships and the growing interdependence of the public and private sectors have created a new dynamic in our economy and society which creates exciting opportunities for the commercial, public sector and not for profit sectors alike.

The reforms required are sizeable and I hope that our discussions today will help quicken the pace of change needed and consolidate our commitment to new projects.”