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Barry Quirk
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“Collecting a bouquet of other people’s flowers, only the ribbon that ties them is my own.” Local government advisor, and advocate for a renewed public ethics •••
It’s likely that this map (from the FT) of the Arctic will dominate our view of geo politics in the northern hemisphere for the next 20 years. Don’t just look at maps, check out a globe …
bellerbyandco.com/our-globes/
April 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Nearly 20 councils have warned publicly that they are at risk of insolvency because of multibillion-pound debts caused by years of overspends on special educational needs support: as revealed by the Guardian.
March 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The interdependencies between existing and emerging topics and issues in AI for government •••
February 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
OBR highlights the impact of local authority borrowing on overall public finances •••
January 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
UK is only G7 nation where knowledge jobs are getting more concentrated in the top three cities •••
December 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM
In this unsettling book, the authors trace how the practices of “ungoverning” - the deliberate effort to dismantle the capacity of government to do its work - has become a malignant part of politics. And not just in the US!
December 11, 2024 at 5:28 PM