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Should the inspector be a bruiser? - Ofsted's abrasive Chris Woodhead has failed to set the style for inspectorates as a whole. The Audit Commission and the National Audit Office t...
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1999), pp. 26-29
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005897597
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Why Blair's crusade is mired - The public sector has been branded as part of the forces of conservatism. Alongside the laudable sense of vocation, is there indeed a culture of iner...
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1999), pp. 16-18
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005897643
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Living on the edge - The rundown state of the rail system typifies how many everyday public services are now routinely overstretched and on the brink of calamity. Ironically, the e...
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1999), pp. 18-19
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005897816
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Living on the edge - The rundown state of the rail system typifies how many everyday public services are now routinely overstretched and on the brink of calamity. Ironically, the e...
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1999), pp. 18-19
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005897826
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COVER FEATURE - When the cap fits - Why was the regressive, highly visible and unpopular council tax allowed to soar unchallenged for so long, while other taxes were kept in check?...
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (2006), pp. 20-23
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005878323
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Unfair shares for all - There is one abiding New Labour mystery: why, when their top priority is reforming public services, do they use such contradictory methods to try to achieve...
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (2006), pp. 26-41
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005878781
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FEATURES: Returns to spender - If under-funded public services are given a huge injection of cash, they will improve, won't they? Not necessarily, if official statistics are to be...
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (2005), pp. 26-29
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005878957
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So farewell, Sir Humphrey? - Will the government's shake-up of the civil service finally bring an end to Yes, Minister comparisons?
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (2005), pp. 28-31
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005879269
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It's now or never - Council tax is too hot to handle, hence the government's postponement of the Lyons review. But the prime minister needs to grasp the nettle
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (2005), pp. 26-33
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005879434
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COVER FEATURE - The good life - Despite the rash of waterfront homes and loft apartments, the inner cities and their suburbs are a long way from being the ideal place to live. What...
Travers, Tony - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (2005), pp. 18-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005880308