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Blears: Joined-Up Jargon Queen Quits Government

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: June 3, 2009

Hazel Blears, Communities and Local Government Secretary in the Labour Government has announced her decision to leave the government on the eve of local government elections in England, in what is being widely seen as direct attack on PM Gordon Brown. “In this next phase of my political life I am redoubling my efforts to […]

Tagged With: CAA, CPA, government, jargon, joined up, local government, Whitehall

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

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

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