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Category Archives: Public administration & policy
Are there some moral lines that outsourcing of public services should not cross?
Summary Should all public services and state functions be open for outsourcing or are there some lines that should not be crossed? The difference with this blogpost compared to others I’ve covered in public policy is that it looks at … Continue reading
Cambridge City Council ceremonials – and the refreshed administration
Summary What happens when you put a dragon fairy on a council chamber’s media desk Rain, buses and The Queen’s visit playing havoc with things meant I missed the workshop I was hoping to go to at the Centre for … Continue reading
A Parliamentary Commission on the Civil Service
Summary Some thoughts on the call from the Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee for a root-and-branch examination of the civil service. Bernard Jenkin made a call for a Parliamentary Commission on the Civil Service in a speech to one … Continue reading
Big Issue founder John Bird fires rockets at charities and civil service
Summary A write-up of John Bird’s recent visit to Cambridge A few of you may know that I am a member of JCI Cambridge, the Cambridge branch of Junior Chambers International, an organisation that seeks to develop the professional skills … Continue reading
Public policy – is it academia vs party politics?
Summary Some thoughts from a couple of talks inside Cambridge’s public policy community Puffles has been flying around the Cambridge Public Policy community of late. Talks hosted by the Cambridge Science and Policy Exchange, by the Centre for Research in … Continue reading
Are Comms the social media blockers? – In praise of Catherine Howe
Summary Some thoughts from an awesomely amazing workshop with Catherine Howe of Public-i at Comms Camp earlier this year. If you’re interested in public sector social and digital media, and are not following Catherine Howe of Public-i, please rectify this. … Continue reading
“Time for revolution rather than evolution?” A response to Steph Gray & GovUK friends
Summary Some thoughts from the Open Policy Teacamp This blogpost stems from the Open Policy Teacamp that Puffles and I went to on 2 May, and from this article by Steph Gray, who you really should be following if you are … Continue reading
