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RPA reviewed
The Review of Public Administration has streamlined health and several other public services. Local government is moving ahead after delays…
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Wales’ reform agenda
Michael Trickey discusses the drivers for change in the Welsh public sector with agendaNi. His Wales Public Services 2025 think…
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Open up and reform
Sean Worth, who advised David Cameron on public sector reform, talks to Peter Cheney about how open data and freedom…
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How the new councils will work
Peter Cheney examines the Local Government Bill, which outlines how the 11 new councils will operate from April 2015 onwards.…
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Small countries: delivery in times of austerity
Michael McKernan examines the four approaches to reform taken by six other small countries within the OECD’s membership. A recent…
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Audit reform compromise agreed
On 17 December last, the European Union under the Lithuanian Presidency signed off on a set of proposals aimed at…
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Looking east
Peter Cheney examines the EU’s plans to expand in the Balkans. EU enlargement into the Balkans over the next decade…
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Making data protection stronger
The EU’s Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, puts forward her case for tougher Europe-wide standards on data protection following on from…
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Immigration restrictions ended
From 1 January, Romanian and Bulgarian nationals have been free to work in the UK without a work permit. The…
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New incentives for lobbying register
The European Union’s rules for lobbying are to be tightened up after a working group recommended new penalties on organisations…
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