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Democracy and devolution: an agenda for the Greater Manchester mayor

Francesca Gains By Francesca Gains Filed Under: All posts, Devo Posted: April 5, 2016

There are democratic gains to be made from the election of a Greater Manchester mayor, argues Francesca Gains – but only if the right checks and balances are built in. On 5 May vast swathes of the country will go to the polls. Voters will elect a new mayor and assembly members in Greater London, […]

Tagged With: accountability, devolution, DevoManc, elections, GM Mayor, Greater Manchester, localism, OnDevo

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CCGs go primetime but reforms have spun a complex web of accountability

Julia Segar By Julia Segar Filed Under: Featured Posted: December 18, 2013

The major reforms stemming from the Health and Social Care Act 2012 have permeated Saturday night television, writes Dr Julia Segar. But while Clinical Commissioning Groups may have made it onto BBC One’s Casualty, a recent storyline misrepresented their ability to hold A&E departments to account; although given the complexity of the new system, this is perhaps […]

Tagged With: accountability, CCGs, GP commissioning, healthcare, jeremy hunt, NHS reform, public health

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Power, money, but little accountability; the rise of the New Corporate State

Stephen Wilks By Stephen Wilks Filed Under: Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: December 9, 2013

Contracting out has become the ‘new normal’, writes Professor Stephen Wilks, with around half of all UK government spending now ending up in the pockets of private sector companies. But while public servants must operate within a robust constitutional framework, the same safeguards do not apply to the Public Services Industry. Which is the largest […]

Tagged With: accountability, corporate state, NAO, NHS, public sector, public services

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Is scrutiny in Wales about to come of age?

Alan Morris By Alan Morris Filed Under: All posts Posted: November 15, 2013

Until recently, many people have considered scrutiny in Welsh local government as the ‘poor cousin’ of the local democracy, writes Alan Morris.  It’s had a turbulent few years and some members of the local government community have questioned its value. However, he argues that the recognition of scrutiny’s important role seems to be about to […]

Tagged With: accountability, audit, local government, scrutiny, wales, WAO

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Scrutinising the cost of party policies; a good idea in principle but…

Robert Chote By Robert Chote Filed Under: Westminster Watch, Whitehall Watch Posted: October 22, 2013

Recently in Manchester three key national figures discussed how to improve the scrutiny of how British government spends its money: Margaret Hodge MP (Lab), chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Bernard Jenkin MP (Con), chair of the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC); and Robert Chote, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The session […]

Tagged With: accountability, chote, independent, manifesto, OBR, policies, public spending, robert, scrutiny, Whitehall

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Open policy making: don’t tsars count?

Ruth LevittBill Solesbury By Ruth Levitt and Bill Solesbury Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: October 17, 2013

The idea of ‘tsars’ in Whitehall is a recent name for an old practice; bringing in outside actors to advise, and sometimes to act, on a specific issue. Although not all tsars hit the headlines, Dr Ruth Levitt and Bill Solesbury argue that these appointments are a bigger phenomenon than is often supposed and incumbents […]

Tagged With: accountability, Civil Service, open policy making, policy, tsars, Whitehall

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