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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?

Shared goals for an era of change
Tightened budgets, shrinking tax revenues and a possible incoming Conservative administration focused on greater private sector influence in Whitehall mean an era of uneasy change ahead for civil servants.

A school's role goes way beyond its gates
Schools can support the vulnerable, make perpetrators understand the consequence of their actions at an early stage, cut down on the number of abused people, on broken families and even on crime itself

Optimism hides a stark warning
One of the inbuilt perils of being in government is that it is well-nigh impossible to stop talking up expectations in public services

Climate deal needs US lead
Unlike the Montreal Protocol on reducing substances that deplete the ozone layer, the Kyoto deal on tackling climate change cannot claim to be a success.

In the red – in every sense
In the aftermath of party conference season, it is clear that the level of public expenditure will be the key political battle in the lead up to a general election

Why do schools seem reluctant to admit that bullying is a major problem?
Show me a school that insists there is no bullying on its premises and I’ll show you a school that is kidding itself

Why some unions are finding it hard to blame a party that hasn't been in power for 12 years and let off one that has
Manufacturing is old fashioned. Let the City rule. Greed is good. These were the watchwords of ... a Labour government, the TUC congress has heard. Forget Tory baiting, union leaders are facing up to the reality that 'creeping privatisation' and outsourcing of services has not only been happening but accelerating under a government that they fund

From balcony to battlefield – Go!
New report proposes a 'Copernican revolution' in public sector leadership

What has happened to the standards of English our schools are producing?
I’ve just received an application from a student looking to work in the media and I am frankly so staggered at the errors contained in the materials he’s sent that I feel the need to share this with you.