In 1995, an influential Demos/Come-dia publication called Park Life: Urban Parks and Social Renewal asked: "Is the keeperless park - along with the unstaffed railway station, the poorly-lit underground car park, the unsupervised playground and the deserted town centre -going to become another ghost zone of modern Britain?" A report for the GMB trade union by ADLO in 1997, More Grounds for Concern, explored the impact of reduced spending on parks and open spaces. It concluded that declining resourcesand compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) had fragmented the management and maintenance of our parks, led to falling standards and damaged employment and training in the industry.
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