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| Date |
Type |
Title |
Summary |
 29/07/2010
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Foreword |
Foreword |
Deal or no deal?...more |
29/07/2010
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Social Policy |
More thought required |
The Chancellor's cuts to Housing Benefit are certain to have unintended consequences...more |
28/07/2010
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Public Services |
Time to challenge the lazy orthodoxy of intervention |
Trying harder won't be enough to fix public services...more |
28/07/2010
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Higher Education |
The pensions timebomb |
A dispute over adacemics' retirement benefits will be the first of many such clashes in the public sector...more |
28/07/2010
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Public Services |
The take it or leave it deal |
Highly-unionised public servants will be more militant than workers in the private sector...more |
28/07/2010
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Local Government |
Should we take the plunge? |
Community enterprises are more reliant on the state than ministers seem to realise...more |
28/07/2010
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Health and Social Care |
Odds are against Lansley |
The latest proposals to give more power to GPs may be no more successful than the last...more |
28/07/2010
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Schools |
Curriculum or philosophy? |
Scotland's schools are heading for radical change, but no one is quite sure what it will involve...more |
28/07/2010
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Public Services |
Far Right is no spent force |
Concerns over immigration must be addressed if social cohesion is to be maintained...more |
30/06/2010
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Education and Skills |
Tackle failure first |
Veteran education adviser Sir Cyril Taylor urges the new administration to set challenging priorities...more |
30/06/2010
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Foreword |
Foreword |
The coalition's first test...more |
29/06/2010
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Education and Skills |
A network of opportunity |
Linking academies can help teachers to cater more effectively for disadvantaged children...more |
28/06/2010
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Criminal Justice |
More than a short-term fix |
How will the new minister responsible for prisons slow a penal arms race that simply has become too expensive to sustain?...more |
28/06/2010
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Scotland |
The Sa(l)m-Cam relationship |
It may be cosy now, but Alex Salmond is taking a massive gamble by linking cuts to independence...more |
28/06/2010
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Education and Skills |
Austerity in the classroom |
The coalition promises free schools, pupil premiums and more academies, but how will it pay for them? No one seems to know ...more |
28/06/2010
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Education and Skills |
Skills for the 21st century |
The dual aims of good exam results and the best possible education for students need not be in conflict...more |
28/06/2010
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Public Services |
Smooth operators |
George Osborne’s cuts give the public sector the opportunity to transform itself. It’s a chance not to be wasted...more |
28/06/2010
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Health and Social Care |
A three-pronged attack |
How will the new Government move away from top-down performance management in the NHS?...more |
29/05/2010
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Local Government |
A county on the verge of change |
Kent has the foundations in place for a radical devolution of power that will make a reality of the Big Society...more |
29/05/2010
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Foreword |
Foreword |
Big Society or just big cuts?...more |
28/05/2010
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Schools |
Something must be done… |
A new report finds that education policy has been driven more by media soundbites than what works in the classroom...more |
28/05/2010
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Social Policy |
Keep thinking Big |
It may have failed as a slogan, but the Big Society may change the way we think about public services and public life...more |
28/05/2010
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Public Services |
Managers must seize the chance to transform public services |
The former boss of Jaguar Land Rover says lessons should be learned from the private sector's response to the recession...more |
28/05/2010
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Social Policy |
Make it a verb, not a noun |
Being socially enterprising matters most, not whether your organisation is or isn’t a social enterprise...more |
28/05/2010
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Culture and Sport |
What's in a name? |
Culture and Sport Glasgow wants to be thought of as a forward-thinking charity, not former council department...more |
28/05/2010
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Higher Education |
Fees: a split waiting to happen |
The coalition partners were a long way apart on higher education and still have important differences to resolve...more |
28/05/2010
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Public Services |
Small can be beautiful |
Whitehall must put its services online, but this time it will have to leave the consulting giants off the screen ...more |
27/05/2010
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Further Education |
Economies of scale |
FE colleges have always done more with less, so it’s time that they were allowed to be free from bureaucratic burdens...more |
27/05/2010
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The Economy |
Localism with a record of failure |
Land taxes are on the political agenda again, but history suggests that they should be approached with caution...more |
28/04/2010
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Public Services |
Stand by for a revolution - but don't expect to hear about it yet |
Public services face a new world after the election...more |
28/04/2010
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Foreword |
Foreword |
Beyond the policy-free election...more |
27/04/2010
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Education and Skills |
Tuition fees: the non-debate |
None of the parties wants to discuss the one subject that might put higher education on the election campaign map...more |
26/04/2010
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Local Government |
Little more than a supporting role |
The three parties are all determined to keep councils away from centre stage in health, schools and the police...more |
26/04/2010
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Home Affairs |
Waking up to a fiscal nightmare |
Immigration and law and order top all the plans for home affairs - but no one's mentioned how they will be paid for...more |
26/04/2010
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Health and Social Care |
Carefully does it! |
Health policies can easily cost votes, but are unlikely to win many. Maybe that’s why the proposals are so mealy-mouthed...more |
26/04/2010
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Schools |
Spot the difference |
They differ on funding, but all the parties say they want to set schools free. Can they resist the temptation to interfere?...more |
26/04/2010
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Central Government |
‘Is there an election going on?’ |
Alex Salmond's fuss over the TV debate may have been little more than hubris, but at least it livened up a dull campaign...more |
26/04/2010
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Environment |
A difference of degrees |
Apart from a third runway at Heathrow and nuclear power, there's little between the main parties on green issues...more |
29/03/2010
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Foreword |
Foreword |
We are all equal now...or are we?...more |
28/03/2010
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Equality |
Let's get out of this legal quagmire |
The Equality Bill was a missed opportunity to clear up the deluge of such legislation from the past four decades...more |
28/03/2010
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Higher Education |
Budget reprieve for universities |
Extra places may stave off one crisis but already there are pointers to a darker future on campus...more |
28/03/2010
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Further Education |
Policy Tracker |
16-19 education funding changes...more |
27/03/2010
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Equality |
Women will bear the brunt of public spending cuts |
That's the harsh reality no politician wants to admit......more |
27/03/2010
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Health and Social Care |
At the heart of the matter |
Health and wellbeing are now a vital part of Ofsted's inspection framework for further education...more |
27/03/2010
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Local Government |
It's the inside story that matters |
The Building Schools for the Future programme is about more than light and space; it's also about the delivery of learning...more |
27/03/2010
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Equality |
Credit where it's due |
Putting more choice in the hands of disempowered parents would transform the life chances of children in poor schools...more |
27/03/2010
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Home Affairs |
A system out of control |
Spiralling costs and poor management have brought changes to legal aid - but can universal access to the courts survive?...more |
27/03/2010
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Equality |
The culture of female service |
Why do so many businesswomen and entrepreneurs not have a robust sense of their financial value?...more |
26/02/2010
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Foreword |
Foreword |
Facing up to the NHS challenge...more |
25/02/2010
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Health and Social Care |
Patients will set the agenda |
The NHS is giving people more control over their own health and a greater say on how services are provided...more |
25/02/2010
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Local Government |
Policy Tracker |
Total Place: the testing ground for joined-up government...more |
25/02/2010
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Local Government |
Local blueprint ready to go |
The leaders of Kent and other Tory councils could offer David Cameron much-needed drive and experience in government...more |
25/02/2010
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Health and Social Care |
Unfinished business on health |
Bill Moyes says there should be more foundation hospitals but reforms should also cover primary care trusts and GPs ...more |
24/02/2010
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Health and Social Care |
Conservatives value equality as well as quality in the NHS |
Hospitals will have to match cost of cheapest operations...more |
20/02/2010
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Business |
Watch the funding gap |
Regional funding schemes can boost small businesses and deliver value when they are run on commercial principles...more |
20/02/2010
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Education and Skills |
Forward to the 19th century… |
The Conservatives’ determination to return to traditional subjects ignores the pupils who need a different diet ...more |
20/02/2010
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Environment |
Scotland’s badge of honour |
Alex Salmond 's party has set ambitious targets for reducing carbon emissions. But how will they be met?...more |
20/02/2010
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Health and Social Care |
United in mismanagement |
Plans to restrict private enterprise and charities from future bids for NHS services has left confusion in both sectors...more |
25/01/2010
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Higher Education |
Review can lead to stable funding |
Tories promise fairer deal for part-timers, better careers advice and more information to guide student choice...more |
25/01/2010
|
Foreword |
Foreword |
Will universities be brought to their knees?...more |
24/01/2010
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Higher Education |
Hopes of the man in the middle |
Sir Alan Langlands will need all his authority to keep universities on track as the money dries up...more |
23/01/2010
|
Higher Education |
Universities must rely less on the state as purse-strings tighten |
Minister says cuts are manageable with greater diversity...more |
23/01/2010
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Education and Skills |
Policy Tracker: information, advice and guidance |
...more |
19/01/2010
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Local Government |
Rural areas deserve a new deal |
The countryside is not just a retreat for the rich and elderly, but a vital and neglected part of the economy...more |
19/01/2010
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Equality |
Within reach of the glass ceiling |
More women are in senior positions, but they need networks to reach the very top in public policy...more |
19/01/2010
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Home Affairs |
Cuts with criminal consequences |
The police say a Royal Commission is needed to determine the full extent of their responsibilities...more |
19/01/2010
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Social Policy |
Prevent: still a work in progress |
We must persevere with community approaches to tackling violent extremism, however long it takes...more |
19/01/2010
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Higher Education |
Private revolution on the way |
UK universities face growing competition from for-profit institutions, as they do already elsewhere in the world...more |
19/01/2010
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Higher Education |
Mixed messages for universities |
The tide of history may sweep away the short-termism that distorts today's higher education system...more |
10/12/2009
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Employment |
Give credit where it's due |
Benefits must be overhauled and simplified. Only then will work be seen as the most sustainable route out of poverty...more |
10/12/2009
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Schools |
Planning is key to schools reform |
Tories know that some of the most serious obstacles to their education proposals will have nothing to do with teaching...more |
10/12/2009
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Environment |
Carbon cuts will hit public sector |
New energy efficiency scheme may penalise the very organisations that have led the way in cutting emissions...more |
10/12/2009
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Social Policy |
This time we must guarantee to stave off worklessness |
Promise of jobs for young people does not go far enough...more |
10/12/2009
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Foreword |
Foreword |
...more |
09/12/2009
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Education and Skills |
Russell to the rescue |
Scotland's new Education Secretary may revive discussions too long stymied by scraps over class sizes and teacher numbers ...more |
09/12/2009
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Employment |
The solution is already here |
Prepaid cards are the answer to Iain Duncan Smith’s plea for a simpler, more efficient and dynamic benefits system...more |
08/12/2009
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Health and Social Care |
An unhealthy set of ratings |
What’s the best way to measure a hospital’s performance? For starters, don’t rely on what it tells you…...more |
08/12/2009
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Local Government |
All roads eventually lead to staff |
Councils may be set on efficiency measures, but any savings will come from one main source: eliminating jobs...more |
08/12/2009
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Employment |
Partnerships pay dividends |
Minister urges local authorities to step up their efforts to prevent a 'lost generation' suffering long-term unemployment...more |
11/11/2009
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Foreword |
Foreword |
...more |
10/11/2009
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Higher Education |
Policy Tracker |
Higher education framework and fees review...more |
09/11/2009
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Home Affairs |
Intrusive, expensive, ineffective: that's Labour's surveillance state |
Tories promise to step back from the Big Brother society ...more |
09/11/2009
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Home Affairs |
Blunkett says SOCA must get real |
Former Home Secretary joins the critics of the agency he established to fight serious and organised crime...more |
09/11/2009
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Home Affairs |
Rocky start for the policing pledge |
Are chief constables fighting a losing battle in their attempts to regain the confidence of the public?...more |
09/11/2009
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Home Affairs |
Alcohol price hike may miss target |
Policy-makers should not rely on rational decision-making to curb excess drinking among vulnerable young people...more |
09/11/2009
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Education and Skills |
Invest in the wisdom of customers |
Individuals and employers should be given more opportunity to shape a simplified skills agenda...more |
09/11/2009
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Schools |
Politics may stifle primary reform |
Rival reports champion breadth and creativity - but will anything change in the classroom?...more |
09/11/2009
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Social Policy |
Should services be conditional? |
Spending cuts will bring pressure to link responsible behaviour with entitlement to public services...more |
08/11/2009
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Local Government |
Fears of a lost decade of growth |
The extended impact of recession will force local authorities to find new ways to deliver their services...more |
06/10/2009
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Higher Education |
McClaran steps into minefield |
New QAA chief executive must deliver on openness as well as safeguarding quality in universities and colleges...more |
06/10/2009
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Foreword |
Foreword |
Are the Tories being too timid?...more |
05/10/2009
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The Economy |
Middle-class welfare must go |
Spending pledges have been scaled down, but the Conservatives will have to find bigger savings...more |
05/10/2009
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Central Government |
Can Cameron restore trust in institutions - and in each other? |
Blair's biographer calls for an end to our culture of suspicion...more |
05/10/2009
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Education and Skills |
Skills future is sectoral |
As recession bites, employers in the UK are crying out for a clearer, more customer-focused system of training...more |
05/10/2009
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Central Government |
Policy tracker |
What next on Westminster reforms?...more |
04/10/2009
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Local Government |
Total Place can win over sceptics |
Council tax payers will be shocked to learn how many different agencies may be delivering the same service...more |
04/10/2009
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Health and Social Care |
Is the NHS really untouchble? |
New providers must be allowed to bring in fresh, disruptive ideas to improve health provision...more |
04/10/2009
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General |
Spin or the bedrock of policy? |
A new pressure group is trying to stem the abuse of statistics that has become a feature of modern government...more |
03/10/2009
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General |
Benefits reform is key to success |
Individual accounts could help the Treasury balance the books and get more people into employment...more |
03/10/2009
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Schools |
Gove's plans need spur of profit |
The Tories know what they want to do about state schools, but will they have the nerve to make it work?...more |
11/09/2009
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Feature Articles |
Are you a 3rd Generation Quango? |
...more |
09/09/2009
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Feature Articles |
Reaching decision makers |
...more |
09/09/2009
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General |
Who are Policy Review Intelligence? |
...more |
08/09/2009
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General |
In this month's Policy Tracker... |
...more |
08/09/2009
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Local Government |
Savings start with the individual |
Billions of pounds are wasted each year because public servants do not fully understand their roles...more |
08/09/2009
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Home Affairs |
Immigration and citizenship |
...more |
08/09/2009
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Criminal Justice |
Crime and Policing |
...more |
08/09/2009
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Local Government |
Affordable Housing |
...more |
08/09/2009
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Local Government |
Investing in Young People |
...more |
08/09/2009
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Education and Skills |
More power for parents |
...more |
08/09/2009
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Education and Skills |
Jobs and Skills |
...more |
08/09/2009
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Health and Social Care |
Patients |
...more |
08/09/2009
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Children |
Early Years |
...more |
07/09/2009
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Foreword |
Policy Review Magazine... ONLINE |
How will we manage when the cuts come? ...more |
06/09/2009
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Home Affairs |
Jury still out for victims of crime |
Confidence in the justice system remains patchy, as cash to implement government plans begins to dry up...more |
06/09/2009
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Education and Skills |
Bumpy ride for a political animal |
Steve Smith faces multiple challenges as he takes on the presidency of Universities UK...more |
05/09/2009
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General |
'Big ticket' projects must go if we mean what we say about spending |
Labour should drop Trident and airport expansion to limit tax increases and cuts in public services...more |
05/09/2009
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The Economy |
The right cuts can boost services |
A step-by step guide to minimising the damage that will be caused by the coming decline in public expenditure...more |
05/09/2009
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Local Government |
Would the Tories trust councils? |
David Cameron's commitments to localism are ambiguous - and likely to remain so until after the general election...more |
03/09/2009
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Health and Social Care |
Time for action on the superbug |
Media obsession with swine flu must not blind ministers to the renewed threat of MRSA in hospitals and communities...more |
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