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Flagship school derides education IT
The first fully wireless school has been blighted by IT problems since launch
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Management blamed for FiReControl
Bonney: technical problems are nothing compared to the project management
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Straw denies ignoring legal advice
Politicians not 'bound' to accept legal advice, said former Foreign Secretary
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Brown makes election health pledges
Cancer patients should get free one-to-one home care by specialist nurses, the Prime Minister has said
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Heathrow expansion e-mails 'vanish'
The Information Commissioner is to investigate after e-mails between the DfT and BAA 'finish in mid-air'
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Tinkering around the edges of outdated business models will never produce the efficiencies currently required from all parts of the public sector, says Neil Malpas
EXCLUSIVE: The Dunkirk spirit and rude snowmen
Tim Lawton, Hampshire County Council's highways manager, New Forest, tells us what a week was like during the heaviest snowfall in the region for many years
EXCLUSIVE: How Birmingham can help Europe in the climate change war
Birmingham City Council's deputy leader Paul Tilsley rubbed shoulders with some key figures when he went to the recent UN climate change summit in Copenhagen. Here's his report
EXCLUSIVE: Is Whitehall prepared for a hung Parliament?
What could the civil service do to make sure that a minority government would work well in England? Director of the UCL Constitution Unit Professor Robert Hazell has some suggestions
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