The phrase
"than the public sector" is a comparison between two different sectors, typically referring to the private and public sectors.
Full definition
The private sector often demands rates of return far greater
than public sector borrowing costs, especially in the current low interest rate environment.
We are creating the atmosphere for the private sector to grow quickly, and to encourage our young people to look for opportunities in areas
other than the public sector.
Despite these costs, staff - to - prisoner ratios are usually lower and staff receive lower levels of basic
pay than their public sector colleagues.
I categorically do not believe that private providers are inherently
better than public sector providers, and I would not support an approach to reform that implied that they were.
Up and down the country there are many good examples of hospitals, schools, roads, housing and administrative services being successfully and efficiently delivered at less cost and with greater
efficiency than the public sector was able to do.
And that's not even to mention the media - saturated propaganda about how much more efficient the private sector is, how the profit motive means it gets more things done better for less
money than the public sector.
It's O & M over the project life where the biggest bucks are, and the private sector is hugely more effective, generally,
than the public sector in this.
If you listen to the Tories, Labour is today voting against welfare cuts and in favour of paying benefit claimants more
than public sector workers.
In this context, the private sector, particularly in thoughtful partnership with non-profits, emerges as significantly better equipped to address the dire need for quality, affordable
housing than the public sector or capitalistic market forces.