Necessity, that is. It’s Budget Day and the cuts are in the post. My incredible predictive powers tell me that government spending may be under a bit of pressure shortly. If you’re not a regular over at William Heath’s Ideal Government blog, this post is a good introduction to his general themes. In his overview [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Civil service reform’
Ken – speaking his mind
Iain Dale has a roustabout interview with Ken Livingstone. Here’s a snippet: “…although there will be mistakes, a real, massive devolution would start bringing good people back into local government, but there’s got to be financial change as well. 97 per cent of all tax collected in Britain is collected by Gordon Brown. When I [...]
A local and republican 2009?
I’m never sure whether think-pieces work when the audience is on holiday. Personally, the old adage about getting a busy person to help when you need something doing can be adapted here: If you want to get people’s attention with a new idea, don’t pick a time when they are relaxing to pitch it. If [...]
How can politicians resist the pressures that stop them from governing well?
This time last year, Sir Christopher Foster – a long-standing government adviser on economic policy was much in evidence. There was this interview in the Telegraph, and I heard him on BBC Radio 4. The link to the programme is no longer available, but I made notes at the time. The Telegraph piece makes some [...]