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Gizza Job? Jobcentres Plus stitched up by Minister.

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 9, 2009

“Gizza job”, those with long-enough memories will recall, was the catch phrase of the central character- Yosser Hughes – in Alan Bleasedale’s very dark BBC TV comedy ‘The Boys from the Blackstuff’ which aired in the middle of another big recession (1982).

Tagged With: government, public services, Select Committees, Whitehall

From CPA to CAA – Local Government Gets Lost in Translation?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 6, 2009

The Audit Commission published its final CPA (comprehensive performance assessment) report on English local government this week.

Tagged With: Audit Commission, CAA, CPA, local government, performance, public services

‘Joined-Up’ Children’s Services Failing – It’s Official

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 5, 2009

In my recent article for Public Servant magazine I speculated that the new ‘joined-up’ Children’s Services departments might have been a contributory factor in the failure to protect Baby P in Haringey. Now it turns out that Children’s Services across the board are the worst performing service in English local government. The Audit Commissions latest […]

Tagged With: Audit Commission, Children's services, CPA, social services

Government bails out “Private” Finance Initiative

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 4, 2009

The old joke that consultants borrow your watch and then charge you if you want to be told the time has finally come true. The UK Treasury has announced it will step in to provide the finance for £8bn worth of PFI (private finance initiative) deals this year, as other sources of finance dry up […]

Tagged With: banking, crisis, government, PFI, Select Committees

Government Learning – an oxymoron?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: March 2, 2009

A new NAO Report – Helping Government Learn – sets out to encourage better policies and practice for ‘organisational learning’ in government.

Tagged With: Civil Service, government, Ministers, NAO, public services, Westminister, Whitehall

Public Value – the next ‘Big Thing’ in public management?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: February 28, 2009

Are we about to enter a new era of public management? There are good reasons to think that this may be the case.

Tagged With: efficiency, government, performance, public services, Public Value

Hard Times for Public Services

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: February 27, 2009

Whoever is in power at Westminster, public services are facing hard times over the next few years.

Tagged With: crisis, government, public services, spending

Sir Fred Goodwin’s Pension: Pay for Performance?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: February 27, 2009

One thing that the current financial crisis ought to do is raise a serious debate amongst public policy makers about pay for performance – in the private and public sectors.

Tagged With: banking, local government, pay, performance

Caring for Carers?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: February 26, 2009

New NAO study reveals extent of carers contribution and DWPs failure to seek out those not claiming

Tagged With: carers, DWP, NAO, social services

Recruiting civil servants efficiently?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: February 25, 2009

One the NAO’s latest reports points to a small but significant area of inefficiency in Whitehall – recruitment:

Tagged With: Civil Service, efficiency, Whitehall

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