Features and opinions from the previous issue

            From the autumn 2011 issue of Public Service Magazine::

  • The unseen response by senior public servants to the summer riots;
  • The Financial Times' public policy editor, Nicholas Timmins, looks at the stark contrast between the Westminster and Scottish Governments' plans for reforming public services;
  • An introduction to members of the FDA's Executive Committee;
  • FDA General Secretary Jonathan Baume on why the current pensions challenge is greater than in 2005;
  • Why employee engagement is now more important than ever, according to Nita Clarke, director of the Involvement and Participation Association;
  • Opinions from Simon Parker, director of the New Local Government Network; former European Federation of Public Service Unions policy staff member, Sarah King; deputy director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Carl Emmerson; and Margaret Ounsley, the WWF's head of public affairs; and
  • The Work section including My Working Week, Revolving Door, My First Job, Going Public and Masterclass.
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