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Open Public Services – the Cabinet Office

March 30, 2012 By in Austerity, Central Government, David Cameron, Growth, Healthcare, NHS, People, Politics, Society, Transformation Risk, Unemployment Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment
Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office

Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is an interesting update on Open Public Services (OPS) from the Cabinet Office. Check it out!

Open Public Services.

Personally, I think that OPS is one of the better initiatives from the Coalition Government. However, as a rule I think that the Coalition Government of David Cameron has not been reforming – it has meddled jumping from issue to issue, in a fire-fighting mode. As I have indicated before on this blog, David Cameron’s Government lacks overall vision, with no clearly linked overarching strategy of change and reform – most of all, it has been weak in effective transformation.

Do you agree or disagree with me?

Delighted to hear your views!

Elderly ‘robbed of dignity’ by failing social care services – Telegraph

January 3, 2012 By in Austerity, Central Government, Cost Cutting, Cost Reduction, David Cameron, Efficiencies, Euro Crisis, George Osborne, Local Authorities, Local Government, Mutualisation, Neoliberal, NHS, People, Politicians, Public Sector, Public Services Reform, Spending Review 2010, Unemployment Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 6 Comments
United Kingdom

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Check this article out for some insights into life in the UK on a national austerity budget. It’s expected to get worse before it gets better.

Other countries following the austerity regime will be experiencing their own crises, like Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland. 

Elderly ‘robbed of dignity’ by failing social care services – Telegraph.

Regular readers of this blog will know that I have been banging on about austerity at all costs for most of last year.

Politicians have typically simply applied the bacon-slicer (or top-slicer) approach to Public Services and cost-cutting has fed directly into reduced public services and deteriorating quality.

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