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Government reform

All central government departments are faced with the prospect of modernising structures and services to create efficiencies and deliver better public services. But as government reform pushes ahead, what does it mean for public servants and the wider public? Our government reform related news and features dig deeply to find out.

Government reform NEWS

Cameron to compromise over childcare?
''We'll find a way forward that I hope will be good for people who want affordable childcare,'' he says

Universal Jobmatch – government ignorance over job outcomes
The government does not know how many people are being employed as a result of its new Universal Jobmatch website, a minister has admitted

Fight with civil service is 'political dogma'
Changes the government is making to civil servants' terms and conditions have nothing to do with austerity, says FDA

Clegg dismisses unemployment naysayers
Figures show the number of people out of work increased by 15,000 in the first quarter of this year

Clegg tackles the EU Bone of contention
The Deputy Prime Minister denies that the Tories are the only party offering the public an in-out referendum on the European Union

LATEST PUBLIC SECTOR FEATURES

Labour leader Ed Miliband''Think about UKIP and what it is offering''
Labour leader Ed Miliband used a speech to the Progress annual conference to attack the United Kingdom Independence Party as a backward thinking party wanting to curb women's rights. Here's what he said...

''My government will continue to focus on building a stronger economy''
The Queen's speech outlining the coalition's legislative programme contained 17 bills but it has already been criticised as a lost opportunity to stimulate growth. Here is the full text of what Her Majesty said

David Cameron on his iPadData: it must actually mean something
The public sector, from Whitehall to local government, is pretty poor at making good use of the masses of data it holds – and things have got to change, delegates at Public Service Events' Making Data Work conference were told. Matthew D'Arcy reports