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  <title>Latest Public Sector Features from www.publicservice.co.uk</title>
  <updated>2013-06-17T12:36:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Six changes that should be made to reform the civil service]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22876"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The IPPR's report for the Cabinet Office into civil service reform is based on a study of a number of leading international civil service systems, including countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22876</id>
    <updated>2013-06-17T12:36:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Redundant manager seeks rewarding posts... experienced and qualified, willing to relocate]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22875"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Blair McPherson gives some tips on how to prevent the interview panel from dozing off when going for a new job. And it starts with rewriting the boring CV ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22875</id>
    <updated>2013-06-17T12:12:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Welfare reform: where's the role for local knowledge and local focus?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22874"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[There are so many inconsistencies, miscalculations, potential pitfalls, false starts and examples of cost-shunting in the approach to welfare reform so far, says London Councils chairman Jules Pipe]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22874</id>
    <updated>2013-06-14T11:33:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[''We have to get people off the merry-go-round of crime'']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22873"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Justice Secretary Chris Grayling told Civitas that while crime had fallen since the coalition came to power, reoffending rates had stubbornly stayed the same. Here's the full speech]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22873</id>
    <updated>2013-06-14T10:59:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Online public services still playing catch up]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22872"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Satisfaction and usage of digital public services must still improve, particularly when compared with the internet based offerings of the private sector, writes Richard Kershaw]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22872</id>
    <updated>2013-06-13T14:54:00+00:00</updated>
  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Caldicott 2: Why commissioners are no closer to knowing how they should handle patient data]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22871"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Information governance professionals are still left searching for simple answers even after Dame Fiona Caldicott's latest review, writes Peter Wainman]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22871</id>
    <updated>2013-06-12T17:25:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[''Labour will get mothers back to work'']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22831"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne told the Pre-School Learning Alliance conference that the coalition government was failing to address the demand for childcare. Here's his speech]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22831</id>
    <updated>2013-06-12T06:59:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Equality – it's not as black and white as you'd think...]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22810"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 2010 Equality Act was designed to end discrimination in the workplace. However, in certain circumstances employers can treat people differently &ndash; as long as their actions can be shown to be 'in the public interest' says employment barrister Paras Gorasia]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22810</id>
    <updated>2013-06-11T10:55:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Improved governance – it's got to be part of the council culture]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22809"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[There are many examples of good governance in local government in England. But the pressures councils face due to budget cuts, demographic changes and shifting government policy mean they can't become complacent around their governance strategies, says Paul Hughes, public sector governance lead at Grant Thornton UK LLP]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22809</id>
    <updated>2013-06-10T14:24:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[There are only two alternatives – change or fail]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22807"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Inspiration and innovation should be embedded in the DNA of every organisation, says Debbie Simpson, acting chief executive at the Institute for Continuous Improvement in the Public Sector]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22807</id>
    <updated>2013-06-10T11:39:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[A toolkit for the oldest profession?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22806"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The public service leaders of the future who aim to continue to lead the evolution of the public sector could learn from the MBA experience, says Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher, chief operating officer of the Association of MBAs]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22806</id>
    <updated>2013-06-10T11:35:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Dismantling violent radicalisation]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22805"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Anthony Tucker-Jones reports on how more extreme Jihadist tactics have come to the streets of the UK]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22805</id>
    <updated>2013-06-06T11:33:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[''The sooner we ditch the NHS blame game the better'']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22804"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a heated debate in the House of Commons on accident and emergency waiting times, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's speech was called ''pathetic'' and the coalition was accused of operating ''the politics of the lunatic asylum'']]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22804</id>
    <updated>2013-06-06T11:21:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[''We have created a strong and sustainable NHS'']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22803"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The health minister Anna Soubry made a robust defence in the House of Commons of the government's record on the NHS, claiming that the average wait in A&E is now 50 minutes. Here's what she said]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22803</id>
    <updated>2013-06-06T10:00:00+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Trust patients and offer them some real choice]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=22802"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With a quarter of Britain's population suffering from some form of long-term health condition we need to find better ways of meeting this challenge, says Renata Drinkwater, one of the speakers at Public Service Events' Tackling Long-Term Conditions conference]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=22802</id>
    <updated>2013-06-05T11:16:00+00:00</updated>
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