http://www.newstatesman.com/columns/wilbys-world en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/ http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2007/04/finland-government-sector http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2007/04/finland-government-sector Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT Peter Wilby By chasing the efficiency of the private sector, Whitehall has lost sight of how to tackle big problems in a long-term, focused way. But statist Finland could have found the solution to joined-up government

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/04/child-poverty-wage-labour http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/04/child-poverty-wage-labour Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT Peter Wilby The effect of lone-parent families on child poverty figures is well understood. But another factor is underplayed: the polarisation between two-wage and no-wage households

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/04/popular-uprising-tax http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/04/popular-uprising-tax Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT Peter Wilby Two decades on, we can see the poll tax protests as the last great popular uprising - the last occasion when Britain's dispossessed spoke with political force

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2007/03/carbon-emissions-climate http://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2007/03/carbon-emissions-climate Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT Peter Wilby Controlling climate change will require personal sacrifice, fairness and trust. Yet successive governments have insisted on the individual's right to choose. This large bird is coming home to roost

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/education/2007/03/city-academies-schools-similar http://www.newstatesman.com/education/2007/03/city-academies-schools-similar Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT Peter Wilby City academies are remarkably similar to the city technology colleges the Tories launched in the 1980s. I have never understood their point

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2007/02/politicians-cialdini-social http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2007/02/politicians-cialdini-social Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT Peter Wilby There's a proven formula for getting people to do what you want them to do - and politicians would be well advised to learn it

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/02/planning-council-rear http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/02/planning-council-rear Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT Peter Wilby I am not suggesting your council will accept a bribe to nod through your rear extension...

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2007/02/private-equity-services-sells http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2007/02/private-equity-services-sells Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT Peter Wilby We need to know about private equity: it sacks staff, cuts wages, sells off assets, outsources, screws suppliers and, more often than not, reduces services to customers

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/02/british-skills-change http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/02/british-skills-change Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT Peter Wilby British companies look not for people who are proficient at specific jobs but for those who have "potential" to cope with change. Is it any wonder nothing works properly?

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