Why social service responsibilities put to the private sector?

Over the last decade,

we have seen how the government

have handed over social service responsibilities

to the private sector

and increasingly private individuals.

This has been increasingly the case

since David Cameron’s ‘big society’ speech

that advocated for ordinary people

to take charge in helping those in poverty.

As important as civic responsibility and loving your neighbour is for communities to function, the state is supposed to protect its citizens from desperate poverty. Since austerity usage of food banks has surged and in light of the current crisis is becoming almost mainstream, especially amongst the working poor. This may seem relatively harmless if their are provisions put in place to prevent starvation, but where does it stop?

We have a Britannia Unchained government with many ministers and MP’s being in in open support of an insurance based health, which would greatly reduce the health and wellbeing of the action greatly. After the vital role our NHS have played during Covid-19, it would be unwise for the Tories to pursue any such plans in the near future, but we should remain cautious because of the party’s vile history of lying and backstabbing.

After pulling together during coronavirus, it would be surprising if communities disintegrated in the next few months and stop supporting each other. However, it is a tragedy food banks and the likes are needed in the first place in the seventh largest economy in the world, which begs major and radical government intervention.