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Cheating and lying in the public sector
Fiddling the figures in the public sector is not as unusual you may think. What’s the point of statistics if you can’t have confidence in their accuracy?
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Change: remembering the moral imperative
Education commentator Richard Gerver reveals the tears and a flash of inspiration that led him to reject a targets culture as a headteacher in favour of an organic process focused on the needs of children
EXCLUSIVE: School lotteries strike back
The current schools admissions system favours the rich over the poor and the unscrupulous over those who play fair, writes David Furness, head of strategic development at the Social Market Foundation
Facing a new task?
Writing exclusively for Public Servant, Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell explains how the civil service is getting its house in order with a new set of rules in preparation for a general election – and the real possibility of a hung parliament
Cutting the bull****
Before you can recruit the right people you must create the right environment, says Calum Paton, professor of health policy at Keele University, who chaired Public Service Events' NHS Recruitment, Training and HR conference
Leadership for a new climate
Steve Munby argues that properly qualified school business managers can take some of the burden from headteachers and help strengthen school leadership
It's not just about cutting jobs and costs – it's about better use of our resources
Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes discusses some of the issues surrounding the authority's 2010/11 budget and the implications of the spending plans for council staff and services
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PUBLIC SERVANT EXCLUSIVES: READ GEORGE OSBORNE AND SIR GUS
Public Servant magazine marks six years at the forefront of publishing for public sector leaders with a new look - and a unique line-up of talent addressing the issues gripping political and public service decision-making for the new era. Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell writes exclusively on change for the civil service, the man who would be Chancellor George Osborne on the price of stability, Communities Secretary John Denham on pay and the real prize for the public sector, Sir David Normington on rebuilding the Home Office, Attorney General Baroness Scotland, Alastair Campbell, housing minister John Healey, Defra minister Dan Norris and more in the new edition of Public Servant.
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WIN A COPY OF RICHARD GERVER'S NEW BOOK
There are five copies of Richard Gerver’s new book Creating Tomorrow’s Schools Today, published by Continuum Books, to be won by Public Servant readers.
Just answer this question: "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn." Who said this?
a) Alvin Toffler
b) Alastair Campbell
c) Helen Fielding
E-mail your answer to editor@publicservant.co.uk marked ‘Book Comp’ or write to: Book Competition, The Editor, Public Servant, Ebenezer House, Ryecroft, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs ST5 2UB.
The first five correct entries pulled from the hat on 15 March will receive a copy of this important work based on the experience of a groundbreaking headteacher. Normal rules apply.
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