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The victims' voice
Last summer's riots inflicted untold misery on individuals and businesses across England. But the views and concerns of those who suffered are now being heard loud and clear thanks to the work of Darra Singh's independent panel
01 May 2012
Higher ambitions
As schools chief inspector and top education mandarin, Sir David Bell has never shrunk from challenging the status quo. Now as Reading University's new vice-chancellor, he is taking his reforming zeal up to another level
01 March 2012
Heads you win?
As the new term approaches, Education Secretary Michael Gove is rushing through more free schools and academies. But will independence from local authority control and putting head teachers back in charge improve schools in the way he claims? Conor Ryan investigates
01 September 2011
All in this together?
Talk of shared services is nothing new, but now it is increasingly turning into action as public bodies seek to find savings without harming services. While a few pioneers are making headlines, experts are warning that sharing is not a quick-fix option
01 May 2011
Through a glass, lightly
Should the public sector start drowning its sorrows as the cuts kick in? Doom merchants certainly seem to think so. But perhaps in reality the glass is half full and not half empty. Tony Travers finds some reasons to be cheerful
18 November 2010
Unhappy returns
As the new term starts, the education secretary faces some tough tests, not least from the Treasury. Conor Ryan tracks how the coalition's star pupil became a struggling low achiever
09 September 2010
Outside in
The government's tough austerity measures could create a potential bonanza for outsourcing firms as the public sector looks to cut costs in education, health, local government and police services. But this will also bring serious risks and challenges, as Alison Moore discovers
29 July 2010
The balance sheet
Things really did get better under New Labour. But now we need a new settlement for progressive politics and public service reform, say Lisa Harker and Carey Oppenheim
07 July 2010
New schools of thought
Labour and the Tories are squaring up for the coming election battles over education, and are scathing about each other's plans. But how much of this is posturing and how much substance? Conor Ryan investigates
11 February 2010
A decade in denial
The past ten years have seen the economy go from boom to bust, and the public finances spiral out of control. Tony Travers relives a decade of war, terrorism and financial collapse and asks, is it time to face facts?
10 December 2009
Dealing with (even more) debt - online debate
The nation's ever-expanding fiscal gap was examined recently in a video debate organised by PricewaterhouseCoopers and chaired by Public Finance editor Mike Thatcher and asks, is it time to face facts?
10 December 2009
And then there were none
Forget the bonfire of the quangos, it's managers and back-office staff who are in politicians' line of fire now. But can layers of 'bureaucrats' really be taken out without harming services on the front line?
23 October 2009
Learning to share
Schools Secretary Ed Balls claims he can cut £2bn from the education budget. So how is he going to do it, asks Conor Ryan
08 October 2009
Fit for special purpose?
Public bodies run costly risks when they use the Private Finance Initiative, argues Matthew Dillon. Managing special purpose companies is one of the most obvious
01 October 2009
Promises, promises
Whatever happened to that brave new political dawn? Things really did get better but, as New Labour gathers for its last conference before the election, the public couldn't be less grateful. Demos's Jamie Bartlett explains what went wrong
25 September 2009
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