GOVERNMENT ZONE
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AREA OF INTEREST
YOUR SAY
EDITORS' BLOGS
Shared goals for an era of change
Tightened budgets, shrinking tax revenues and a possible incoming Conservative administration focused on greater private sector influence in Whitehall mean an era of uneasy change ahead for civil servants.
A school's role goes way beyond its gates
Schools can support the vulnerable, make perpetrators understand the consequence of their actions at an early stage, cut down on the number of abused people, on broken families and even on crime itself
Optimism hides a stark warning
One of the inbuilt perils of being in government is that it is well-nigh impossible to stop talking up expectations in public services
Climate deal needs US lead
Unlike the Montreal Protocol on reducing substances that deplete the ozone layer, the Kyoto deal on tackling climate change cannot claim to be a success.
THE THINGS THEY SAY...
Some politicians create targets that cannot even be measured; inputs don’t always equal outputs. 
Public Servant magazine and Public Servant online have a finger on the pulse of public sector operations and offer interesting and informed reports and reviews of what is going on in Whitehall. They are a useful supplementary source of information for the Office of Government Commerce