2nd February 2012
Government Needs To Make 'Fundamental Changes' To Meet Spending Challenge, Says NAO
Government departments need to make "fundamental changes" to successfully cut spending by 2015, spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.
Source: The Huffington Post
23rd January 2012
Will LSE's growth commission make a difference?
Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers and current OBR (and ex-MPC) member Steve Nickell have given evidence
Source: The Guardian Economics Blog
9th January 2012
Carry on policy-making: the case for change in Whitehall
Successful policies will need greater change in Whitehall: David Walker urges the Institute for Government to keep stacking up the ammunition
Source: The Guardian
9th January 2012
Learning lessons from history proves to be the best policy
History is littered with the failures of cherished government policies...The failures make media headlines. Lessons are drawn from them by academics and by the National Audit Office...Far less attention is paid to the successes. But they do exist.
Source: FT.com (subscription required)
20th December 2011
Who is taking the biggest hit from grim public sector job stats?
The latest employment figures from the Office of National Statistics make grim reading for all those working in and with the public sector...But which sections of the public sector are facing the worst of the cuts?
Source: The Guardian
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