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Substance not spin : an insider's view of success and failure in government / Nick Raynsford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raynsford, Nick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political planning--Great Britain.
- Political planning.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Why does policy succeed or fail? Nick Raynsford, a former member of the UK parliament, government minister, and campaigner, pulls back the curtain on the front lines of policy making. Drawing on more than forty years of experience working at the very heart of both local and national government and the voluntary sector, he explores what works and what doesn't in making and implementing policy and legislation.
- Contents:
- The problem
- Homelessness
- The irresistible rise of housing benefit
- Why we don't build enough homes
- Does it fly?
- A mayor for London
- The slow road to devolution in England
- The transformation of Hackney
- 'This won't take much of your time'
- Wasted opportunities
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4473-3194-X
- 1-4473-3193-1
- OCLC:
- 953233432
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