The government's Equalities Bill, currently in its final Parliamentary stages, is designed to change the way public services work by ordering them to take into account the needs of all groups in society.

BBC: Ethnic minorities 'no longer always disadvantaged'

Indeed, upon his arrival, Napoleon spun into a veritable tornado of activity, ordering a plethora of public works, like boosting agriculture, road-building, marsh draining and a thorough overhaul of the legal and education systems.

BBC: Following Napoleon��s trail on Elba

When Turkey's prime minister visited the city last year, the local mayor, who belongs to Mr Erdogan's mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party, sought to avoid his ire by ordering the removal of a public fountain featuring bare-breasted nymphs.

ECONOMIST: The prime minister looks on a city��s works, and despairs

In New York City, the largest public school system in the nation, schools are ordering Common Core-aligned materials now for the upcoming school year.

WSJ: Some NY parents to boycott new, harder state tests

Rhodri Morgan probably made a mistake by ordering Alastair Campbell to appear before his Public Administration Committee to explain the Blair-Murdoch relationship and other murky topics.

ECONOMIST: Dear Worried of Westminster