Conundrum
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Conundrum

Why Every Government Gets Things Wrong - And What We Can Do About It

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Conundrum

Why Every Government Gets Things Wrong - And What We Can Do About It

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Government failure is affecting everyone. The single mum worried sick by a tax credit demand from HMRC to 'repay' thousands of pounds she never received; the family whose holiday was ruined because the Passport Office couldn't issue passports in time; the school that couldn't open at the start of term because CRB checks were being carried out by an organisation in meltdown; the farmers led to bankruptcy and even suicide by a Kafkaesque system for administering farm payments; and rail operators facing an uncertain future because the Department for Transport inadvertently landed the whole rail franchising system in chaos. Why is government getting it so wrong? Richard Bacon and Christopher Hope delve into the astonishing world of cock-ups and catastrophes and ponder why those at the top continue to fall short.

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Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Year
2013
ISBN
9781849546164
Topic
History
Subtopic
Social History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. CONTENTS
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. 1: CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY
  9. 2: PASSPORT AGENCY
  10. 3: TAX CREDITS
  11. 4: INDIVIDUAL LEARNING ACCOUNTS
  12. 5: CRIMINAL RECORDS BUREAU
  13. 6: RURAL PAYMENTS AGENCY
  14. 7: FOREIGN NATIONAL PRISONERS
  15. 8: STUDENT LOANS COMPANY
  16. 9: FE COLLEGES BUILDING PROGRAMME
  17. 10: RECRUITMENT OF JUNIOR DOCTORS
  18. 11: NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR I.T. IN THE NHS
  19. 12: INTERCITY WEST COAST RAIL FRANCHISE
  20. 13: THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND I.T. – A PERMANENT DISASTER?
  21. 14: WOULD THESE POLICIES WORK BETTER IF KEPT AWAY FROM POLITICIANS?
  22. 15: ARE CIVIL SERVANTS UP TO THE JOB?
  23. 16: THE QUEST FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT
  24. 17: WHY DO PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO?
  25. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  26. INDEX
  27. Copyright