<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Whitehall Watch</title>
	<atom:link href="http://whitehallwatch.org/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://whitehallwatch.org</link>
	<description>A blog on the Whitehall Village and Public Management, edited by Colin Talbot</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:04:40 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='whitehallwatch.org' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/fc17f79b99104287b535672d522ecdc6?s=96&#038;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Whitehall Watch</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://whitehallwatch.org/osd.xml" title="Whitehall Watch" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://whitehallwatch.org/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Localism: &#8216;It&#8217;s like letting go of your toddler&#8217;s bike&#8217; says Mandarin</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/23/localism-its-like-letting-go-of-your-toddlers-bike/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/23/localism-its-like-letting-go-of-your-toddlers-bike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/23/localism-its-like-letting-go-of-your-toddlers-bike/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dame Helen Ghosh DCB is, I&#8217;m sure, a very fine civil servant in may ways, but sensitive to others perspectives she&#8217;s clearly not. Speaking at the NAO Conference on Performance yesterday (22 Feb 2012) Dame Helen was explaining how the &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/23/localism-its-like-letting-go-of-your-toddlers-bike/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2225&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/23/localism-its-like-letting-go-of-your-toddlers-bike/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Re(Dis)Organization of Britain&#8217;s Border Agencies</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/21/redisorganization-of-britains-border-agencies/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/21/redisorganization-of-britains-border-agencies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/21/redisorganization-of-britains-border-agencies/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Theresa May, Home Secretary, has announced the dismantling of the UK Borders Agency just a few months before the London Olympics. This is just the latest twist in a saga that goes back years during which Ministers (and senior civil &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/21/redisorganization-of-britains-border-agencies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2137&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/21/redisorganization-of-britains-border-agencies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Lies, Damned Lies, and Government &#8216;Efficiency&#8217; Savings (Again)</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/17/lies-damned-lies-and-government-efficiency-savings-again/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/17/lies-damned-lies-and-government-efficiency-savings-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=2112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is nice to see that the new lot are just the same as the old lot, at least when it comes to reporting so-called &#8220;efficiency&#8221; or &#8220;waste&#8221; savings. Today Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude was telling anyone who would &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/17/lies-damned-lies-and-government-efficiency-savings-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2112&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/17/lies-damned-lies-and-government-efficiency-savings-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>No Way to Run a Railway: HS2 and Policy-Making (Michael Ward)</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/14/no-way-to-run-a-railway-hs2-and-policy-making-michael-ward/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/14/no-way-to-run-a-railway-hs2-and-policy-making-michael-ward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=2109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Ward kindly sent me this short paper about HS2 and the &#8220;policy-making&#8221; process surrounding it. Whilst I personally do not agree with his conclusions, his critique of the process is well worth reading. CT  The case for High Speed &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/14/no-way-to-run-a-railway-hs2-and-policy-making-michael-ward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2109&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/14/no-way-to-run-a-railway-hs2-and-policy-making-michael-ward/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Greece again</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/13/greece-again/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/13/greece-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=2107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[with Greece in the news again, those who haven&#8217;t already might want to read my analysis of the background to their fiscal crisis here. &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2107&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/13/greece-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Work Programme: individual versus systemic outcomes</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/08/the-work-programme-individual-versus-systematic-outcomes/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/08/the-work-programme-individual-versus-systematic-outcomes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=2102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government is very proud of its Work Programme. It is especially proud of the fact that the WPs private sector providers are only paid on the basis of individual outcomes &#8211; do the participants get a “long term” job. &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/08/the-work-programme-individual-versus-systematic-outcomes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2102&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/08/the-work-programme-individual-versus-systematic-outcomes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Spending Review 2012 &#8211; maybe</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/03/spending-review-2012-maybe/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/03/spending-review-2012-maybe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/03/spending-review-2012-maybe/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With most economists now forecasting that Britain will officially re-enter recession in Q1 2012, the Chancellor will be under immense pressure by the time of the Budget on 21st March to at least be seen to be doing &#8216;something&#8217; about &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/03/spending-review-2012-maybe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2092&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/03/spending-review-2012-maybe/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Evolution of Intellectual Freedom</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/03/the-evolution-of-intellectual-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/03/the-evolution-of-intellectual-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=2033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought this was worth sharing&#8230;&#8230;..<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2033&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/02/03/the-evolution-of-intellectual-freedom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://whitehallwatch.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/academic-freedom1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Academic Freedom</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Re-Centering the State? Pulling Arms-Length Bodies back into the Centre</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/26/re-centering-the-state-pulling-arms-length-bodies-back-into-the-centre/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/26/re-centering-the-state-pulling-arms-length-bodies-back-into-the-centre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=2031</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report from the National Audit Office examines the British governments attempts to reorganise &#8220;arms-length bodies&#8221; in the UK. One of the central conclusions is that the reorganisation is dragging many of the functions of these bodies back to &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/26/re-centering-the-state-pulling-arms-length-bodies-back-into-the-centre/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2031&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/26/re-centering-the-state-pulling-arms-length-bodies-back-into-the-centre/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Old Wine in New Bottles? Logging the Name Changes in Government</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/25/2026/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/25/2026/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=2026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is often more continuity between themselves and their predecessors than any new Government cares to admit. One way they seek to disguise these continuities is to change the names of things, with minimal change to the actual thing itself, &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/25/2026/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2026&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/25/2026/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Implement That</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/20/implement-that/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/20/implement-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=2021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch out for the word &#8220;implementation&#8221; in 2012. It&#8217;s the new in-word in Whitehall. &#8216;Delivery&#8217; is out &#8211; far too New Labour. Instead, &#8216;implementation&#8217; is the new buzz-word &#8211; it has already started to make an appearance in public, for &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/20/implement-that/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2021&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/20/implement-that/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leadership in the Civil Service: Those that Can, Do Policy. Those That Can&#8217;t…..</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/20/leadership-in-the-civil-service-those-that-can-do-policy-those-that-cant/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/20/leadership-in-the-civil-service-those-that-can-do-policy-those-that-cant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=2019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today (20 Jan 2012) the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) published a scathing attack on the re-organisation at the top of the Civil Service that took place over Christmas. For new readers: with the retirment of Sir (now Lord) Gus &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/20/leadership-in-the-civil-service-those-that-can-do-policy-those-that-cant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2019&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/20/leadership-in-the-civil-service-those-that-can-do-policy-those-that-cant/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dangerous SNP Hubris Over Referendum</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/10/dangerous-snp-hubris-over-referendum/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/10/dangerous-snp-hubris-over-referendum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/10/dangerous-snp-hubris-over-referendum/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1st Posted on Huffington Post (UK): 9/1/12 18:43 GMT Does the SNP really want a free, democratic, Scotland? If so they are everything they can to ensure it may, just, become independent but is unlikely to be a genuine democracy. &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/10/dangerous-snp-hubris-over-referendum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=2018&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2012/01/10/dangerous-snp-hubris-over-referendum/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>My Top Ten (most read) WhitehallWatch posts of 2011 (so far)</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/22/my-top-ten-most-read-whitehallwatch-posts-of-2011-so-far/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/22/my-top-ten-most-read-whitehallwatch-posts-of-2011-so-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=1999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The Riots: It may be the Under-Class that did it, but it&#8217;s the Uber-Class that lost it 2. Public Service Reform White paper delayed&#8230;. Again 3. Localisation of the Bill 4. Teaching Public Administration to Tyrants? The LSE, Libya&#8230; &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/22/my-top-ten-most-read-whitehallwatch-posts-of-2011-so-far/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=1999&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/22/my-top-ten-most-read-whitehallwatch-posts-of-2011-so-far/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cuts in the City: How Manchester Fared in 2011</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/22/cuts-in-the-city-how-manchester-fared-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/22/cuts-in-the-city-how-manchester-fared-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=1995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight (Thursday 22) and tomorrow the BBC Radio 4 PM programme will carry items by reporter Andrew Bomford about how greater Manchester has fared over the past year in the face of a sluggish economy and large public spending cuts. &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/22/cuts-in-the-city-how-manchester-fared-in-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=1995&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/22/cuts-in-the-city-how-manchester-fared-in-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Academy Schools Funding System Fails &#8211; quelle surprise</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/08/academy-schools-funding-system-fails-quell-surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/08/academy-schools-funding-system-fails-quell-surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=1990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been predicting for some time that some of the big structural changes to public services are likely to destabilise the financial systems in health, education and local government. So it comes as no surprise that tens of millions &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/08/academy-schools-funding-system-fails-quell-surprise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=1990&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/08/academy-schools-funding-system-fails-quell-surprise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>We Are Not &#8220;All In It Together&#8221; &#8211; it&#8217;s official</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/05/we-are-not-all-in-it-together-its-official/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/05/we-are-not-all-in-it-together-its-official/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/05/we-are-not-all-in-it-together-its-official/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Inequality across the OECD is rising, including in Britain, even before the impact of the current crisis has even worked its way through, an important new OECD report shows. Neo-liberal ideologues argue that any curtailment of inequality inevitably leads to &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/05/we-are-not-all-in-it-together-its-official/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=1989&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/12/05/we-are-not-all-in-it-together-its-official/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.oecd.org/vgn/images/portal/cit_731/51/21/49177956gini%20pr.png" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>George Osborne&#8217;s Autumn Statement: We&#8217;re All Doomed</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/29/george-osbornes-autumn-statement-were-all-doomed/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/29/george-osbornes-autumn-statement-were-all-doomed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=1920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[George Osborne&#8217;s &#8220;Autumn Statement&#8221; is certainly not a Pre Budget Report, as he promised it would not be. Instead, it is much more like a mini-Budget or even, given the timescales involved in many announcements, a mini-Spending Review. Like all &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/29/george-osbornes-autumn-statement-were-all-doomed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=1920&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/29/george-osbornes-autumn-statement-were-all-doomed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leadership of the British Civil Service: All Change?</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/21/leadership-of-the-british-civil-service-all-change/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/21/leadership-of-the-british-civil-service-all-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=1918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I gave evidence &#8211; alongside Professor Lord Peter Hennessy and Professor Tony Dean &#8211;  to the Public Administration Select Committee in Parliament on the changes taking place at the top of the UK Civil Service. The uncorrected minutes &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/21/leadership-of-the-british-civil-service-all-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=1918&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/21/leadership-of-the-british-civil-service-all-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Confusion and Denationalisation at the centre of the Health and Social Care Bill</title>
		<link>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/12/confusion-and-denationalisation-at-the-centre-of-the-health-and-social-care-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/12/confusion-and-denationalisation-at-the-centre-of-the-health-and-social-care-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitehall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whitehallwatch.org/?p=1915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I reprint below an excellent briefing by Professor Allyson Pollock and colleagues on key clauses of the Health and Social Care Bill. It addresses two critical issues: The removal of  legal responsibility from the Secretary of State to prove health &#8230; <a href="http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/12/confusion-and-denationalisation-at-the-centre-of-the-health-and-social-care-bill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whitehallwatch.org&amp;blog=5561180&amp;post=1915&amp;subd=whitehallwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://whitehallwatch.org/2011/11/12/confusion-and-denationalisation-at-the-centre-of-the-health-and-social-care-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Colin Talbot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
