Top Twenty Whitehall Watch blog posts

Here’s the top twenty Whitehall Watch blog posts (so far) and the number of views. This doesn’t include numbers for posts that have been republished by Public Finance, Public Servant, LSE Policy and Politics and the Huffington Post.

1. Universities and Public Policy	2,298
2. The Riots: It may be the Under-Class that did it, but it’s the Uber-Class that lost it	1,893
3. The Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything? It’s 43.	1,786
4. Andy Coulson and and his non ‘Developed Vetting’ – why on earth did the Civil Service let this happen?	1,106
5.What do 25% cuts look like? Like this…..	1,049
6.Greek Deficit and Tax Evasion	932
7. Reforming the Senior Civil Service – what do you think?	926
8. Spending Review 2013 – politics trumps planning, again.	889
9. Localisation of the Bill	885
10.BT Infinity – Infinitely Unavailable?	844
11. The Great Train Wreck of Twenty-Thirteen	828
12. Office for Budget Responsibility – major reform or gimmick?	808
13. Lies, Damned Lies and Government Efficiency Savings – yet again (this is starting to get boring)	800
14. Public Service Reform White paper delayed…. Again	720
15. Louise Casey and “Listening to Troubled Families”: an (almost) worthless piece of ‘research’ leading to dangerous policy prescriptions	717
16. Targets? What targets? Change and Continuity in the performance regime in Whitehall	717
17. Treasury Tricks	714
18. Standards for Public Performance Reporting (White Paper) published	681
19. #SR2013 Watch No. 3: The Spending Review they can’t live with, and can’t live without?	663
20. The Work Programme: individual versus systemic outcomes	656

About Colin Talbot

Colin Talbot is a Professor of Government, a former Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee and the Public Administration Select Committee and has appeared as expert witness many times in Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and NI Assembly. He's also advised Governments from the USA to Japan.

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