“ Throwing money at the problem won’t solve it.” Margaret Thatcher.
NASA disproved that theory in putting a man on the moon.
“ Spend alone doesn’t explain differences in performance between
LA’s.” Audit Commission. No but poverty, low income , and health
inequalities does present a bigger challenge for some LA’s.
It’s not about the money is a dangerous slogan. Of course you can
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25 Meh 2019 - 20:51
It must have been 10 no 12 years ago. My boss, the Director of
social services returned from a budget meeting with the chief
executive. We were expecting bad news, more budget cuts to plan for,
uncomfortable meetings with service users and the challenge of
motivating inevitably demoralised staff. We were use to demands to
make 2% efficiency savings and delivering 3%/5% budget...
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The Gulag was a system of forced labor camps established during Joseph Stalin’s long reign as dictator of the Soviet Union.Gulag prisoners could work up to 14 hours per day. Typical Gulag labor was exhausting physical work. Toiling sometimes in the most extreme climates. Food was rationed, bread was a staple and baked on site. To make more loaves with the same amount of flour...
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There is a constant threat of decline and sense of wrongness in the world. There are kings and king makers, trial by combat, scheming and betrayal and a delicious habit of bumping of the biggest stars. This is not some medieval fantasy or an episode of Game of Thrones this is the modern day public sector in a time of prolonged austerity. Temporary alliances form and reform, local...
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27 Hyd 2015 - 15:49
The budget setting process starts earlier since austerity became the norm. As the summer comes to an end budget holders have already submitted their proposals based on best case scenario, most likely scenario or worst case scenario. And most are resigned to it being worst case again.
The austerity climate in the public sector has made serial cutters of us all. Where once we...
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The Good Psycho
Dexter was a serial killer but he only killed other serial killers. As a blood splatter expert he was based at police HQ, working alongside detectives he knew their methods and the way they thought, he was also very good at disposing of the bodies so his victims simply disappeared. These two factors explained how he was able to get away with being a...
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There is a constant threat of decline, accompanied by a pervasive mourning and sense of wrongness in the world. There are kings and king makers, trial by combat, scheming and betrayal and a delicious habit of bumping of the biggest stars. This is not some medieval fantasy or an episode of Game of Thrones this is the modern day public sector in a time of prolonged austerity. Temporary...
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