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The spending cuts currently dominate the British media. Manchester is in turmoil because it will be reduced to only one public lavatory. The Tories are plainly taking an economic gamble by tightening fiscal policy so fast, but seem less fixated on the overall size of the state than Mrs Thatcher was. For political reasons they left health care, perhaps the most wasteful part of the British state, out of the cuts. One senior Tory thinks you cannot reduce state spending below around 40% of GDP, or the politics will turn against you.
The bolder reforms, championed by Mr Cameron’s main domestic adviser, Steve Hilton, are centred on structure. They are hidden behind a confusing slogan that the Tories adopted to make themselves sound cuddlier: “The Big Society”. It brings together three things: pluralism, localism and voluntarism.

How to get there
To promote pluralism, the Tories aim to build the “post-bureaucratic state” that Tony Blair wanted (they even use the same phrase). Haunted by the idea that Mr Blair did not move fast enough, they are rushing to hand over many more state services to outside providers. They have opened the doors to Swedish-style free schools set up by parents, and they want more parts of welfare to be delivered by outsiders, paid by results. They have also announced the biggest shake-up in the history of the health service by shifting spending power to groups of general practitioners, who will buy in services from both public and private hospitals.

A. 어휘
currently 현재. dominate 지배하다, 주도하다.
turmoil 혼란, 動搖(동요). reduce 줄이다. lavatory 화장실.
Tories 영국 보수당 사라들. fiscal policy 재정정책. fixate 고정시키다.
domestic adviser 국내담당보좌관. adopt 채택하다.
cuddly 껴안고 싶은. pluralism 多元論(다원론), 複數性(복수성).
phrase 句(구). Haunted (생각에) 사로잡혀 있는.
general practitioners 일반 개업의사.