The think tank Reform Scotland has published a consultation report on expanding the third sector in Scotland. “Reform Scotland’s view is that the key to creating a better, fairer society is to ensure that power is exercised by people, or as close to them as possible, so that they and local communities assume greater responsibility for their own development. … The voluntary, or third, sector is vital to this transformation because its independence allows it to adopt innovative and imaginative solutions to social problems, unfettered by governmental or political pressures. It is, therefore, vital that the structure of our public services allows the third sector to thrive”.