Mr Sargeant said that "strong executive leadership in public services across Wales" was fundamental.
Swansea's top two councillors are under investigation by the public services ombudsman, BBC Wales can reveal.
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Pay restraint has helped to protect jobs in the public sector and support high-quality public services.
Many of the problems of the public services arise because of rigid employment practices.
It means there's more of our tax money available to fund squeezed public services.
Mr Blair pointed to high levels of investment in public services and economic stability under Labour.
We pay for public services even if we see no value or would choose differently.
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It is quite right to ensure that we don't squander scarce resources in delivering public services.
Gavin Brooks, from the public services union Unison, described the cuts as "absolutely dreadful".
Their instinct is for the state, not the preferences of consumers, to shape public services.
We don't fix prices for food, or for housing, or the other public services.
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Second, the departments responsible for the public services, which make up around 55% of the total.
Would England genuinely welcome greater local variation in the nature and standard of public services?
If Mr Blair wants to make the public services work better, he needs more change.
He accused Labour of increasing taxes by stealth and failing to deliver improvements in public services.
The Finance Committee also questioned the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales draft budget for 2011-12.
Mr Morgan and his successor Carwyn Jones have their own way of running public services.
They are, for example, more inclined to accept higher taxes in return for better public services.
The election comes as America's second-largest city faces budget problems and overburdened public services.
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Quite why anyone thinks this is a threat to public services is difficult to understand.
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Public services, though, are the focus of Mr Brown's latest attempt to relaunch his premiership.
The watchdog, the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman's Office, has made a number of recommendations.
That leaves the main burden of cuts falling on the departments responsible for the public services.
Public Services Deputy Minister Scott Ogier said the scheme was being introduced on a trial basis.
"One wonders how serious these public services are about their responsibilities and duties, " he said.
The goal of the Conservative Party is to improve our public services for all.
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Activists will debate the prospects for an economic recovery, rural communities, public services and victims.
Talk of the voluntary sector playing a bigger role in delivering public services lacks flesh.
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Better public services require both more money and new structures of supply and financing.
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