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Governing priorities

Whoever wins the next election, the challenge is clear: how to deliver better, more efficient services while fixing the over-burdened public finances.

In association with the thinktank Reform, which is holding a one-day conference on 10 November on these themes, leading opinion formers define the new agenda

13 November 2009

  • The closed circle

    Andrew Haldenby
    Andrew Haldenby: Public services want to be more accountable. Why don't banks?

12 November 2009

  • Let's make tax transparent

    Michael Izza
    Michael Izza: Governing priorities: Scrutiny drives efficiency – and there is an opportunity now for the government to shake up the way taxpayers' money is spent

11 November 2009

  • The public must help restore society

    Dale Bassett
    Dale Bassett: Governing priorities: British citizens have become 'passive bystanders'. They must be given more information and take more responsibility

10 November 2009

  • We have to change the way we change

    Zenna Atkins
    Zenna Atkins: Governing priorities: Grand structural solutions need to stop being the one-size-fits-all reaction in the public sector – let's change little, and often

9 November 2009

  • A new era of fiscal responsibility

    Ruth Richardson
    Ruth Richardson: Governing priorities: If the UK fails to get public expenditure back to a sustainable level, and restore a low tax regime, it risks decades of stagnation
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