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Why we should take a positive approach to public sector cuts
Public sector cuts provide the opportunity to forge public and private partnerships that will help us out of our current economic crisis and chart a sustainable path for the future, writes Detica's Martin Sutherland
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Public sector cuts provide the opportunity to forge public and private partnerships that will help us out of our current economic crisis and chart a sustainable path for the future, writes Detica's Martin Sutherland
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LATEST PUBLIC SECTOR FEATURES
One more heave – or does Labour need a much deeper ideological renewal?
As voting begins on who will be the next Labour Party leader and Tony Blair urges the party not to abandon New Labour, Rick Muir from the Institute for Public Policy Research wonders if the party needs a whole new approach
Demanding more of NHS procurement
In 2009 the direction for NHS procurement appeared clear for the next few years. But the general election seems to have changed that. Colin Cram, who will chair Public Service Events' Procurement in the NHS conference, looks to the future
A week in the life of a new MP, by Yasmin Qureshi
Yasmin Qureshi, the Labour MP for Bolton South-East who practises law as a barrister from chambers in Manchester, describes what a typical week can involve for her
Is it time to call a truce in the war on drugs?
There is no intrinsic logic to the legality and illegality of drugs so why do we criminalise the use of some drugs and not others, asks Professor David Nutt, former chairman of the advisory council on the misuse of drugs
Can the OBR really be independent?
There are several changes that can be made to the Office for Budget Responsibility to make it truly independent and an extremely valuable innovation, suggests Simon Wren-Lewis, economics professor at Oxford University and fellow of Merton College
The incredible machine
Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell explains how the civil service is coping with the coalition challenge, the government's pace of change and reducing the deficit (first published in Public Servant magazine)
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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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