Public service reform should be built from the bottom up through local democracy rather than centralisation. However, no reforms will be effective unless they are fully funded.
I have written a…Read more…
Public servants, don’t hold your breath on that pay rise with Nick Clegg
A last minute Liberal Democrat pledge to end pay cuts for public sector workers? It’s as transparent as it is pathetic
Do public servants need a pay rise? Yes. Do they trust Nick Clegg and the…Read more…
Public servants, don’t hold your breath on that pay rise with Nick Clegg
A last minute Liberal Democrat pledge to end pay cuts for public sector workers? It’s as transparent as it is pathetic
Do public servants need a pay rise? Yes. Do they trust Nick Clegg and the…Read more…
Staffing targets are the wrong approach for public service
Staffing targets are the wrong approach to public service reform. In the run up to the UK general election, political parties are tripping over themselves with commitments on the number of nurses,…Read more…
Protecting Public Services
Scotland’s public services are living through a lost decade as a consequence of austerity economics and we can do more to protect public services.
Tomorrow (Tuesday 13 January 2015) the Scottish…Read more…