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Public Pay for Private Work? Issues from bank ‘nationalisation’

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 19, 2009

I’ve been asked to post this important ‘think piece’ by a group of World Bank and OECD officials about the issues concerning the pay of private sector managers of banks and other institutions that have been effectively nationalised. There is also an on-line survey that the authors would like completed Link to on-line survey. Please pass […]

Tagged With: banking, banks, nationalisation, pay

Jargon-busting or dumbing down?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 18, 2009

The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a list of 200 “jargon” words and their ‘plain English’ equivalents. But is this really jargon-busting, or patronising dumbing-down?

Tagged With: CAA, CPA, jargon, local government

Damned Targets?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 18, 2009

“On Tuesday, the Healthcare Commission report revealed that between 2005 and 2008 there were 400 excess deaths at [Stafford] hospital – although it was impossible to say whether these had all been caused by bad care. The report said there were deficiencies at “virtually every stage” of emergency care and managers pursued targets to the […]

Tagged With: NHS, performance, targets

New EU concept paper on Public Service Reform

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 13, 2009

A very useful new ‘concept paper‘ has just been published by the European Commission, authored mainly by UK professor Norman Flynn. Aimed at the development community, it will nevertheless be of interest to all scholars and practitioners of public management.

Tagged With: Civil Service, government, public services, reform

Whitehall inefficiency a thing of the past?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 12, 2009

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. Just issue the odd report saying how well Whitehall is doing and then nip out […]

Tagged With: efficiency, government, NAO

Recent articles in ‘Public Servant’

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 12, 2009

Here are a few of the articles I have published in ‘Public Servant’ monthly magazine over the past couple of years. More can be found on their website by searching.

Recent articles in ‘Public Finance’

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 12, 2009

Here are links to a few of the articles I have published in ‘Public Finance’ weekly magazine over the past year or so.

Efficiency savings urged to ease pain of cuts

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 11, 2009

from the FT – By Nicholas Timmins Published: March 10 2009 00:39 | Last updated: March 10 2009 00:39

Tagged With: efficiency, government, spending

Rate your doctor on-line? – another Whitehall-centric initiative

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 11, 2009

Even when the Government claims to be ’empowering patients’ it manages to do it in a Whitehall-centric way.

Tagged With: NHS, performance, public services, spending, Whitehall

Modernising Government Mk II: ‘Working Together’

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 10, 2009

Back in 1999 ‘Modernising Government’ was finally published. After nearly two years gestation the general verdict was that it was indeed an elephant – huge, sprawling and ungainly. Everything including the kitchen-sink had been thrown into the lengthy, turgid and mind-numbingly boring document. Well, now we have Modernising Government II – or ‘Working Together: Public […]

Tagged With: crisis, government, local government, public services, spending

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