Transferring good policy advice into effective operational programmes

Author: 
Colin James, Political Journalist & Anaylst

The political environment for policy making and its effect on good policy advice; this paper includes
1. A “big-picture” context (global, domestic & economical)
2. The political and policy context if National leads government post 2011
3. Labour’s main points of difference
4. Some big contextual drivers of change in public services
5. Colin’s personal view of the future of the public sector.