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Tag Archives: Accountability
Knowledge is porridge
Ben Gummer‘s Ten Minute Rule Bill (to be introduced tomorrow) builds on something we suggested years ago. Well, two things, in fact. Firstly, that a sensible discussion about the size and scope of the state must start from a clear … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Accountability, MPs, Open Government, Public Spending, Responsibility, Spending, Taxpayers, Transparency
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The Royal Succession and the EU
Months ago, the Tory Reform Group invited George Eustice MP to come and talk to one of our regular policy suppers about his new European policy group. Entirely by accident, I have to confess, the event was on Wednesday this … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs
Tagged Accountability, Change, Competition, EU, Localism, Referendum
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Opening up data to give people what they want
I am shamefully late to this (catching up on articles from 2 weekends ago…) but this article by Ben Goldacre in the Observer encapsulates so much of why governments get stuck in actually DOING anything. For the record, I am … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Accountability, Big Society, Data, Making a Difference, Transparency
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The politically Conservative case for employee ownership
Before the election one of the big policy gambits made by the Prime Minister was to drive throw the mutualisation of public services and to champion co-operatives. The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, set up a special unit … Continue reading
The new Boundaries might be the best membership drive ever invented
I spent part of yesterday afternoon in Parliament (spotting, along the way, Floella Benjamin, which if you’re my age was pretty exciting!). I saw probably about 10 MPs in total, ALL of whom mentioned their proposed new boundaries first off. … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged Accountability, Boundaries, Democracy, Devolving Power, Membership, MPs
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