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Advantages
- Provides some of its services to all consumer
- As a public sector organisation, it faces little competition
- Provides services that could be unprofitable if provided by firms in the private sector
- Provides goods and services for those members of the community who cannot afford them
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Disadvantages
- Often considered to be beaurocratic
- As there's no profit motive, there's often a lack of innovation
- A change of government is likely to mean changes in priorities and so changes in funding and spending
- Can often 'crowd out' private firms
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