John Suffolk (Government CIO) expects a fun year ahead. I have tried to do some back of the envelope calculations based on his items and numbers in the OEP. My italics, all errors mine. HR must move to 1 HR…
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How big are savings targets and why is consultancy always the bugbear?
Smarter government
Lots to digest in the Smarter Government report. Headlines: another £12bn in savings over the £26bn from Gershon and £35bn from OEP. In all, that’s approaching 10% of government spend. [NB Steph rightly counsels caution on the numbers.] Good to…
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Public sector productivity
It looks like the public sector has increased its cost of output by 1.3% more than the wider economy over the decade 1997-2007. Not good news, and an indicator of just how difficult a task the next government will have.
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