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Productivity report angers public sector unions The leader of the public service union UNISON has attacked a report by management consultants Knox D’Arcy which questioned the productivity of public ... [23/08/2010 ]

Yorkshire council workers take 2 million days off sick The furore over council productivity is set to grow following the news that council workers in Yorkshire have taken 2 million sick days in 2009-2010. ... [20/08/2010 ]

Lancashire County Council workers under fire over pension ‘double dipping’ A Freedom of Information request has found that some workers from Lancashire County Council have been paid £2.7 million in pensions, whilst still work... [20/08/2010 ]

Council staff waste 70 per cent of day, claims study A controversial study has found that council staff waste around 70 per cent of their day on average and that their managers seem powerless to do anyth... [20/08/2010 ]

One man against government cuts The prospect of Government funding cuts has sparked a number of chain reactions across the country, but none quite like that at the British Academy. ... [09/08/10 ]

Industry urged to take part in Treasury cost investigation The Institution of Civil Engineers is calling on industry to take part in an investigation into how the cost of delivering civil engineering works for... [26/07/2010 ]

Stockport saves Stockport is sharing £6.5 million of savings across a range of services, councillors have decided. The changes have to be made to the Council’s bud... [19/07/2010 ]

ONS brings new insight into balancing public sector books More information about public sector net indebtedness has been published by the Office for National Statistics. In Wider measures of public sector ... [19/07/2010 ]

Tools of the trade In January 2009, the Office of Government Commerce and the National Audit Office launched a campaign to encourage the use of a new self-assessment too... [17/05/2010 ]

Operation efficiency Local government has much to gain from the use of partnerships to enable more cost effective delivery of services, reports Richard Mackillican Last... [04/05/2010 ]

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