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Sgint – Sherman Cymru
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AWEMA – a failure of governance
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The show must go on
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The Welsh re-Development Agency
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An excuse to do nothing
February 8, 2012 07:02
Posts Tagged ‘public services’
End profit before people
Residential care is a service most of us will have to use at some point in our lives, either for ourselves or our loved ones – and that’s why it needs to work in the interests of all, not just the greedy few
Local or regional? The future of local government in Wales
Creating regional consortia of local authorities brings real benefits, argues Labour AM Mike Hedges, drawing on his extensive experience of local government
Delivering the message
What does the current “war of words” between Pembrokeshire County Council and the Welsh Government tell us about relations between central and local government in Wales?
We’re not in Kansas anymore
This recession is taking a lot longer to work its way out of the system than anticipated. What is working against the recovery, and just how bad could it get?
A great idea is not enough
Can the Welsh Government learn from the success of Facebook as it seeks to improve public service delivery? Surprisingly, yes
A chance to challenge complacency, under-performance and senseless bureaucracy
This morning Carl Sargeant issued a stark warning to local government in Wales. Here’s what he had to say
Final Word on Southern Cross
The Southern Cross situation enables providers to take profits in the good times, and be sheltered from the consequences of failure when things go bad – but it doesn’t have to be like that
Speaking directly for themselves
Ten of the biggest disability organisations have come together for a special Assembly elections hustings. But will their concerns and aspirations will be heard?
No more Mr Nice Guy
This week has been ground breaking in terms of the relationship between central and local government in Wales – and says much about the tone to come
The things we go into bat for
Public services need more than merely modernisation. They need the glue of a sense of common ownership
Is Sargeant’s big tent better than Cameron’s Big Society?
For a political generation the Welsh public sector has ‘luxuriated in a warm bath but now we will now have to do with a cooler shower’. How do we cope?
The new mutualism
Robert Owen, founder of the co-operative movement and born in Newtown, believed passionately in a better and fairer society based on mutualism. His proposition still holds good and his ideas remain as relevant today as they were 200 years ago
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