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Richard Gerver

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

Sir Gus O'Donnell

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

PUBLIC SERVANT EXCLUSIVES: READ GEORGE OSBORNE AND SIR GUS

Public Servant March 2010Public 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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