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Public Health
How did we manage to survive and become the massive population of today?Perhaps we will develop (or... MORE
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Children & Young People
This is a lot of nonsense from a politician making a scientifically unsupported claim to score... MORE
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Rail
If it is that this project is not held back by the public consultations around knocking down... MORE
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Communities
It's all about jobs. Particularly young... MORE
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Communities
No, Britain is not becoming more racist. It is just that since the advent of Nigel Farage and his... MORE
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Communities
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Striking public sector workers 'have lost out on £2,245'
Since the government took office, ministers have either frozen public sector pay or limited pay increases to well below the cost of living, leaving local government workers, NHS
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Government to rush through emergency data law
Emergency legislation to ensure that UK law enforcement and intelligence agencies can maintain their ability to access the telecommunications data they need to investigate...
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Growth deals to 'fire up local economies'
As part of its long-term economic plan to secure Britain's future, the government today is agreeing a series of growth deals with businesses and local authorities across...
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AMR will push us into 'dark ages' - Cameron
Following Govtoday's Reducing HCAIs conference last week, Prime Minister David Cameron said: "If we fail to act, we are looking at an almost unthinkable scenario where...
Editor's Feature
Mark Thompson University Senior Lecturer in Information SystemsCambridge Judge Business School
Where is the long-term political vision for digital public services?
As in any relationship, there are signs the UK public sector's dalliance with digital is moving from the first blushes of initial infatuation and settling down to making the...
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Re: Do you choose who you sleep with?
I would like to have been able to read the full study to learn of the details but even the very short summary presented is interesting. To be able to...
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Re: Active vs Passive Investment - The Big Debate
Whilst this debate has quite understandably focused on cost savings, just as significant is the question of how the performance of active and passive...
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Re: Electric Vehicle v Gasoline-powered car - what’s your take on that?
Wirral Council is in the process of installing electric vehicle charging posts on the public sector estate as part of a successful Merseyside bid to...
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Re: Can NHS organisations really make a substantial contribution to reducing their procurement emissions
I am not sure how this would work in the NHS , but I know that in private sme's they are looking at this as part of their environmental policy and it...
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Re: Personal health budgets A good idea ?
I think as long as robust process is in place to ensure it is not abused it is a good idea and I hope will have a positive impact. From personal...
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Re: Personal health budgets A good idea ?
In principle, Personal Health Budgets are the ultimate expression of the journey towards 'No decision about me, without me'. Where the challenge will...
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Poor white British children falling behind at school
Poor white British children are doing worse at school than those in any other major ethnic group, MPs have
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Attitudes towards immigrants hardening, survey finds
Almost a quarter of people in the UK think the main reason immigrants come to Britain is to claim benefits, according to a study published...
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Lib Dems pledge education budget ringfence
The Liberal Democrats will include a promise to ringfence the entire education budget in their manifesto for next year's general election, Nick Clegg has...
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Ministers ‘in denial’ over Passport Office chaos
Ministers are "in denial" about chaos at the Passport Office, opposition politicians and trade unions have...
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Paul Tomany Managing DirectorNorth Western Universities Purchasing Consortium
Public sector procurement under scrutiny
Over the past two years we have seen public sector procurement coming under increasing levels of scrutiny. It's hardly surprising. In an era of austerity it's one area that...
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