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Features - May 2011

  • FD Interview: Culture shocksSwingeing cuts mean it's not a barrel of laughs at the 'Ministry of Fun' any more. But the show will go on at the Department for Culture. Media & Sport, finance director Simon Judge tells PF. And there's still the Olympics to look forward to 01 May 2011
  • MeyersKensingtonFree? 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
  • Squeezing the assetsFaced with the need to save money, public bodies are rushing to sell off their buildings. But there is another way – looking at public sector assets as a whole and working out how to make better use of them 01 May 2011
  • Divide and rule?By loading responsibility for the bulk of spending cuts on to councils, the government has managed to spread the consequences far and wide. The result, says Tony Travers, is that everyone is fighting separate battles to save their favourite services and overall opposition is weak 01 May 2011
  • CameronCleggPA Where did it all go wrong?The mood music has changed and, since the May 5 elections, the relationship will never be the same again. So, with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats locked into a loveless coalition, what does the froideur mean for public services, asks Peter Riddell 01 June 2011
  • roadconesBOWLING The road to the codeThe true value of council roads and bridges is currently tricky to determine, hence the move from historical to current cost accounting 01 June 2011
  • Local LibDems 'want to exit coalition'VIDEO INTERVIEW: Andy Sawford, chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit, gives an analysis of the May 2011 local elections. He tells Public Finance what the results mean for council budgets and how local LibDems are now seeking to re-establish their party's identity. 10 May 2011
  • How to handle high workloadsBudget cuts mean that managers' workloads are increasing – and most of us need to stop and think seriously about what we are doing and why. Ann McFadyen and Brendan McCarron explain how you can improve your ways of working 01 May 2011