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The Barber Public Value Review

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 29 November 2017 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Improved outcomes
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Jeremy Heywood welcomes Sir Michael Barber's report on how to encourage ongoing improvements in public services and maximise value for taxpayers.

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The collaboration game - 5 tips for local public service transformation

Posted by: Anton Draper, Posted on: 24 November 2015 - Categories: Professions
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There is a right way and a wrong way of working with local partners to reform public services. Anton Draper of the Public Service Transformation Network discusses the dos and don'ts.

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Five principles for getting things done in Whitehall

Posted by: Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin, MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Posted on: 5 November 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Oliver Letwin, the minister in overall charge of the Cabinet Office, looks at five essential principles for helping civil servants overcome barriers to getting things done in government.

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Empathy, curiosity and openness

Posted by: Rt Hon. Matthew Hancock, MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Posted on: 27 October 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Minister for the Cabinet Office Matt Hancock sets out how we can approach public service reform in the 21st Century.

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