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Features - November 2010

  • Suspension of beliefThe Spending Review confirmed deep cuts in councils' funding along with greater freedoms to mitigate their losses. But while ministers might believe innovation will bridge the gap, the truth is frontline services will be cut, warns Dan Corry 04 November 2010
  • coinillus Through a glass, lightlyShould 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
  • SuarezKESTEVAN Citizen SuarezThe London Borough of Lambeth wants to become the first 'co-operative council', using mutuals to pass power to the people. Finance and resources director Mike Suarez tells PF what this means and how he sees it working 13 December 2010
  • How to lead in difficult timesWith a harsh financial winter ahead, finance managers must be ready to step into the cold and guide other departments and their own staff through the blizzards ahead. Mark Pegg and Steve Watson offer ten tips for leading from the front 16 December 2010
  • Welfare: thinking the thinkableWelfare reform is crucial to the coalition's agenda. But ministers' plans are driven by cuts rather than consistent principles, while Labour seems out of touch. Policy thinkers Gavin Kelly and Nick Pearce map out a better approach 13 December 2010
  • Tyrie Fit for purpose?The first elected chair of the Treasury select committee seems to be in good shape to take on ministers, with a background as an economist and adviser to chancellors. And he's proud to be exercising independence, he tells Jaimie Kaffash 18 November 2010
  • Microscope Under the microscopeIt is debatable whether the coalition kept its promise to give the NHS a real-terms increase in funding. Even if it did, the rise was so small as to be almost undetectable, argues John Appleby 04 November 2010
  • Movingon upTIM ELLIS Moving on upFor those battling with increasing demand and shrinking budgets, raising productivity seems to be one of the least painless solutions around. But how to achieve it? The Local Government Group is on the case. Jon Pittam reports 21 October 2010