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Colin Talbot is professor of government at the University of Manchester. He writes 'Whitehall Watch' in a personal capacity.
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Please feel free to comment and especially to add your own analyses or experiences. Just click on a blog and go to the comment section at the bottom. Or you can email me at colin.talbot@mbs.ac.ukTop Posts
- Visions of Subsidiarity and the Curse of the British Political Tradition
- Lies, Damned Lies and Government misuse of official statistics: Select Committee Attacks Government
- The Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything? It’s 43.
- About
- Is the Civil Service Accountable to Parliament? Hodge vs O'Donnell spat opens a can of worms.
- The UK in 2013: A Failing Economy or a Failing State?
- It’s Purely Academic…..
- Saint GP. Why have GPs been elevated to special status in the health debate?
- Spending Review 2013 – politics trumps planning, again.
- Caring for Carers?
Discussion
- Friday afternoon reading: May 24, 2013 | The Democratic Society on Visions of Subsidiarity and the Curse of the British Political Tradition
- colinrtalbot on Visions of Subsidiarity and the Curse of the British Political Tradition
- Brat on Lord O’Donnell Suggests …. that someone rather like him should be put in charge of vetting government policy. Seriously?
- Inquisitive Practitioner on Lord O’Donnell Suggests …. that someone rather like him should be put in charge of vetting government policy. Seriously?
- Chris Wilson on UKIP: Building a Party when the “Party” is Over?
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Tag Archives: government
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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Baby P – a Victim of Joined-Up Government?
Recently a baby under the protection of social services was abused and killed. It was not the first and will not be the last, but the fact that “Baby P” was visited 60 times by social workers charged with his … Continue reading
Posted in Public Management
Tagged government, joined up, public services, social services
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