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''Gove – attend the headmaster's study at once for a good thrashing''
And that Eric Pickles is in a real pickle ... he seems to have forgotten the bit about think then speak.
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LATEST PUBLIC SECTOR FEATURES
The challenge facing our police forces
It's going to be tough for police forces to continue to bring down crime levels while coping with major cuts in their budgets but they are determined to succeed, writes Chris Eyre, deputy chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police
Vision expressed
Having gained years of experience in opposition, new Health Secretary of State Andrew Lansley has big plans to improve UK cancer care and the NHS in general, as Public Service Review investigates…
Safeguarding Britain's future through IT skills
The UK risks being left behind if it doesn't have a highly skilled IT workforce, but young people are not inspired to study ICT and technology careers need to be more attractive, writes Karen Price, chief executive of e-skills UK
To boldly go – but on a tight budget
Britain's space experts are keeping their fingers crossed that their £250m a year budget won't fall victim to the public spending cuts. Dr David Williams, chief executive of the UK Space Agency, tells Dean Carroll why the sector is such good value for money
O'Higgins counts the cost of the chop
With the abolition of the Audit Commission, Dean Carroll witnesses a head-on collision – and considers the consequences
Is this the death of assessment?
The Audit Commission and top-down, centralised, target-driven assessments are history. But, says Olivier Roth of the New Local Government Network, local authorities and other service deliverers must still be able to prove they are working efficiently and effectively
PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS
DIFFERENT VALUES, DIFFERENT CULTURE
It's a new world with different values and a different culture, Cabinet Office minister and paymaster general Francis Maude tells the September issue of Public Servant. Charged with the responsibility of slashing public spending, he outlines his plans for a full-scale shake up of the way the public sector delivers.
In a series of exclusive interviews and analyses, experts from within and around the public sector look at what the coalition government has achieved so far in its battle to cut the public spending deficit – and examine some of the challenges that still lie ahead.
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