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Councils' senior managers are right to be worried over cuts
Senior managers in 74 per cent of local authorities don't feel they have the expertise to deal with the fall-out from budget cuts. This shouldn't be seen as a lack of confidence in their own abilities but recognition that with the size of cuts and the radical changes needed there is a much higher risk of things going badly wrong, writes Blair McPherson
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Senior managers in 74 per cent of local authorities don't feel they have the expertise to deal with the fall-out from budget cuts. This shouldn't be seen as a lack of confidence in their own abilities but recognition that with the size of cuts and the radical changes needed there is a much higher risk of things going badly wrong, writes Blair McPherson
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LATEST PUBLIC SECTOR FEATURES
If Europe didn't exist we would have to invent it
In the make-or-break 21st century, the European Union is proposing a quiet revolution in human development that has the greatest potential to nudge the world forward, writes Steven Hill
UK needs 'a very different' alternative to the European Investigation Order
Evidence sharing may lead to European police requesting data such as surveillance of real-time banking activity and the interception of telephone calls, warn Jago Russell and Daniel Mansell of Fair Trials International
If we get it right, quango culling can work
Non-departmental public bodies are obvious targets for reform – and several governments have tried and failed – but the coalition's new approach could be the ideal opportunity to do it properly, writes Sir Ian Magee, senior fellow of the Institute for Government
More pay means fewer jobs
There is an ''absolute trade-off'' between pay levels and the number of jobs in the civil service, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned. Alison Thomas reports
We cannot afford to fail them ...
Nurturing our young people should be everybody's business. Former Children's Commissioner for England Sir Al Aynsley-Green challenges the Prime Minister to ensure their needs are integrated at every level of government policy
Employee engagement – why it is more vital than ever
In today's tough climate, staff need to feel they are valued, listened to, involved in decision-making, trusted and given the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills. But, says Nick Mitchell, chief executive of The Training Foundation, this rarely happens
PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS
DEFENCE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL EDITOR INFORMS BBC
In advance of Defence Secretary Liam Fox making his first appearance in front of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, Defence Management Journal editor Matthew D’Arcy spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live about a variety of important issues the Ministry of Defence is attempting to deal with.
In an interview for Morning Reports, he said that the relationship between industry and the MoD will be highly important in the future, and that exports are likely to be a prominent area in the way the MoD supports the British defence industry and their important industrial capabilities and capacity.
» listen to the programme here
LATEST EDITIONS
HOW FAST CAN THE WHEELS OF REFORM TURN?
David Cameron has described the civil service as an “incredible machine”. With the coalition government setting a hot pace for change across the broad public sector, Public Servant’s August issue examines the latest challenges and asks: How fast can the wheels of reform turn?
In a series of exclusive interviews and analyses, senior figures from inside and close to public sector leadership offer candid views on the future under a Cameron/Clegg coalition that is hard-wired to overcome the budget deficit.
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