DAVID WALKER | John Seddon’s letter in Public Finance (‘Audit Commission needs to back off’, July 17) offered you yet another version of what he’s been recently pushing around the local government...
It was the worst of times but, alas, not the best of times. Launching a green paper into a political and economic and fiscal tornado couldn’t have been worse timed – but how essential has it been to...
Angus Mylles is right to say that Lord Carter’s property review, part of the Treasury’s Operational Efficiency Programme, has turned up the temperature on managers of the public sector estate
Mike Thatcher is right; tinkering with old models is unlikely to get us out of the financial crisis in the public sector (‘The big chill’, Leader, July 10–16)
JUDY HIRST | It’s all very difficult. That seemed to be the gist of Health Secretary Andy Burnham’s speech, as he launched this week’s long-awaited green paper on care for older and disabled people
RAY JONES | As a social services director for 14 years until 2006, I carry the scars and bruises. Some were self-inflicted, because of the personal pain I felt from having to increasingly ration...
The breathtaking cheek of the bankers, the CBI and their chums in the Taxpayers’ Alliance demanding a public sector pay freeze is enough to drive a union maid far beyond distraction
IAN MULHEIRN | The banking white paper fails to address the causes of last year’s financial collapse and should focus more on rules and less on regulator discretion
MIKE THATCHER | For some months now, politicians of all hues have been avoiding the trillion-pound question: what would you cut in order to get debt levels down and the public finances back on track?
I am confused as to how Kent County Council‘s initiatives differ from the London Borough of Brent’s involvement in the London Authorities Mutual Limited
The cover story ‘Capital punishment’ included the assertion: ‘It is widely believed that the capital schemes most likely to go ahead are transport programmes, such as toll roads'