Ensuring there is diversity at the top remains a challenge

摘要

Public service delivery mechanisms are becoming more complex as each month passes. Shared services and public-private partnerships continue apace. Central Government is loosening its stranglehold on local government 1. which is however being reorganised 2. and unelected strategic partnerships are shaping 'the place'. Budgets are tight and 'efficiency' is the buzz word of the day while growing sums of public money are spent on unmanaged and neglected temporary and agency workers. Life expectancy continues to grow, threatening pension scheme viability...