This article began life as a debate for MSc students in a public management class at Queen Mary, University of London, convened by the authors. In seeking to explain the significance of consumerism in contemporary public service reform, the authors took different positions on the normative...

Andrew Blick and George Jones examine the recent surge of interest in the structure and functioning of the'centre of central government' in the United Kingdom - Number 10, the Cabinet Office and the Treasury. They ask if it is fit for purpose and make recommendations for its future. Copyright...

Present arrangements for the accountability of Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) and Local Area Agreements (LAAs) are confused. While only local authorities have a direct accountability to the electorate for them, yet they lack powers over their public partners to make that accountability...

<title/> This article began life as a debate for MSc students in a public management class at Queen Mary, University of London, convened by the authors. In seeking to explain the significance of consumerism in contemporary public service reform, the authors took different positions on the normative...