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	<title>The 2020 Public Services Trust Blog</title>
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	<description>2020 PST is a new independent think tank based at the RSA. It exists to stimulate deeper understanding of the challenges facing public services in the medium term.</description>
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		<title>White Paper, Healthy Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Commission’s health working group published Improving Health Outcomes earlier this month &#8211; written by myself and Dr Greg Parston, the group chair.  The Monday following the report, Secretary of State Andrew Lansley announced his white paper, and the debate has shifted again.  So how do the two match up?
Well first of all , we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020publicservicestrust.org/blog/?p=452</link>
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		<title>Equality and Cohesion in an Age of Austerity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Was the Budget fair?  The Chancellor characterised his measures as ‘progressive’ in that the rich stand to lose more than the poor.  But not everyone agrees.  The IFS calls the claim ‘debateable’ http://www.ifs.org.uk/budgets/budgetjune2010/chote.pdf , largely because it leaves public services out of the equation.  It is poorer households that tend to be the biggest public [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020publicservicestrust.org/blog/?p=449</link>
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		<title>A budget for cuts but is it a budget for reform?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a tough budget. It adds another £40bn to the already stringent consolidation planned by Labour.  We won’t know its full impact for some time to come. The real test will be what happens to the economy and to jobs.  If growth continues and gathers pace next year, then the Government will feel vindicated, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020publicservicestrust.org/blog/?p=446</link>
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		<title>England’s Promised Land?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important points raised at this morning’s launch of 2020 Vision was the need to motivate citizens to engage with public services.  If we are to draw upon the broader, social resource that individuals and communities can bring to the table we need to paint a positive vision for public service transformation. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020publicservicestrust.org/blog/?p=443</link>
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