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Tag Archives: Transparency
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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Publish the Beecroft report. Why not?
Those who regularly read this blog will know that Open Politics is a regular obsession of mine. The basic idea is that the world of policy making works better if there is a enthusiastic presumption towards openness. Policy makers should … Continue reading
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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Will Social Media lead to a more ‘honest’ politics?
On Monday Professor Matthew Flinders presented a Radio 4 documentary called “In Defence of Politics”. The thesis was that while healthy scepticism from the electorate towards those who represent them is a good thing, the corrosive cynicism expressed by the … Continue reading
Political politics
This week, Chris Cook in the FT (on blackberry so no link) revealed that some Department for Education Special Advisers were using personal email accounts to organise various bits of their work. As with the revelation that some officials had … Continue reading