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Defending The First Paragraph of Red Tory

by Phillip Blond 9

Phillip Blond continues his debate with Sunder Katwala of the Fabian Society first started on the Next Left blog and answered here

"...Now that the election is over – I have some time to return to my old pastime of exchanging analysis and debate with the good people at Next Left..."

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Seeking transparency and social justice

by Public Service 0

Phillip Blond interviewed by Public Sevice.co.uk

"...He has been described as an inspiration to David Cameron and the strand in the Conservative Party that campaigns on social justice, reflected in the title of his forthcoming book, Red Tory..."

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Systems Thinking in the Public Sector

by Editor 3

John Seddon launches new book at ResPublica

Acclaimed thinker and ResPublica fellow John Seddon's sustained campaign to get rid of the 'dangerous nonsense' of targets, benchmarks, quangos and assessments in the public sector has alarmed central government officials and civil servants but delighted chief executives and managers in local government, the NHS, police and elsewhere. ResPublica hosted the launch of his new book, 'Delivering Public Services That Work/Systems Thinking in the Public Sector: Case Studies’ on 9th March, to a packed house of innovators across management, academia and government.

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Safeguarding Children (Or, My Son’s Bottom)

by Sandra Gruescu 4

ResPublica's Sandra Gruescu on the how the 'rules' really don't help working parents

"...The next morning I spoke to the staff and they told me they are not allowed to wipe my son’s bottom because of ‘safeguarding children’ guidelines. One told me it is a national guideline, another told me it is a guideline that is in place just at this school. I asked her, “are you expecting me to leave work and come in to clean my son and then go back to work?” The answer was of course not a yes or a no, but “these are the rules...”

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