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By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
The Election campaign was almost completely dominated by efficiency issues yesterday, as Labour tried to dis the Tories plans to pay for not raising NIC by even more “savings”. As a result, I ended up doing radio, TV, and several newspaper interviews. So what did I say? In short, don’t believe any government or opposition […]
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
General election 2010: the battle over the paperclip vote The Guardian – 5 hours ago The trio have been joined by Professor Colin Talbot, the public services adviser to the Treasury select committee. It is probably tedious to get into the …
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
Major parties failing to spell out spending plans Public Finance – Lucy Phillips – 4 hours ago Colin Talbot, professor of public policy and management at Manchester Business School, told Public Finance that the public sector had been left ‘guessing’. …
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The World at One (BBC) 8th April 2010
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
With a little help from my friends (see below) I’ve finally got a handle on how the Government manages to claim “£15-£20bn” of annual efficiency savings for the NHS by 2013-14. Unfortunately, the answer seems just daft as the Tories latest efficiency claims.
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
What will politicians need to do to please public managers? The Guardian Last week Colin Talbot, professor of public policy and management at Manchester Business School, who gave evidence to the Commons’ Treasury select committee …
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The great ignored: the big deficit and the big market, by Colin Talbot Public Finance
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
The launch of the General Election campaign yesterday was most notable for what was not said, rather than what was.
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
We all know the rationalisation: I just bought desirable item X for £50 less than the marked price so I’ve “saved” £50 I can spend on something else. Of course, the £50 isn’t real – it’s just a notional saving and my claim when I get home that “I’ve just saved fifty quid” is greeted […]
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City lets George Osborne make a monkey of the voters Times Online In the case of Rayner, according to Colin Talbot of Manchester University, Britain’s foremost expert on public-sector efficiency, only half the claimed …