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Colin Talbot is professor of government and public administration at MBS. He writes 'Whitehall Watch' in a personal capacity. Colin’s Tweets
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IJPA is edited by Colin Talbot, Richard Common, Farhad Hossain and Carole Talbot, at the University of Manchester. Comment is free…
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- Who Do You Think You Are?
- ‘Poor Performers’ in the Civil Service - blame the poor bloody infantry
- Civil Service Accountability and the CS Code
- Surpluses, Budgets, Parliament, and Accountability Down Under (Australia): some random thoughts
- The 50% tax rate and Mr Osborne's Department for Obfuscation (sorry, HMRC)
- Andy Coulson and and his non 'Developed Vetting' - why on earth did the Civil Service let this happen?
- Greek Deficit and Tax Evasion
- Civil Service Accountability: Who Guards the Guardians?
- Jeremy Hunt (DCMS) debacle raises again the issue of Civil Service Reform
- Spending Review 2012 - maybe
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Tag Archives: efficiency
Whitehall inefficiency a thing of the past?
After the government allegedly exceeded its own target to save £21.5bn from its last efficiency drive – the ‘Gershon’ programme 2004-7 – and actually save £26bn, you would think there is little left for the National Audit Office to do. … Continue reading
Efficiency savings urged to ease pain of cuts
from the FT - By Nicholas Timmins Published: March 10 2009 00:39 | Last updated: March 10 2009 00:39
Public Value – the next ‘Big Thing’ in public management?
Are we about to enter a new era of public management? There are good reasons to think that this may be the case.
Posted in Public Management
Tagged efficiency, government, performance, public services, Public Value
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Recruiting civil servants efficiently?
One the NAO’s latest reports points to a small but significant area of inefficiency in Whitehall – recruitment:
Capable in a Crisis?
Sir Gus O’Donnell, head of the UK civil service, in a recent speech outlined why he thought the British civil service would perform well in the current financial and economic crisis. In an article – “Mandarin-tinted glasses” - published in Public … Continue reading
Posted in Performance
Tagged Civil Service, efficiency, government, NAO, performance, Whitehall
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