Swansea's top two councillors are under investigation by the public services ombudsman, BBC Wales can reveal.
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Many of the problems of the public services arise because of rigid employment practices.
Gavin Brooks, from the public services union Unison, described the cuts as "absolutely dreadful".
Second, the departments responsible for the public services, which make up around 55% of the total.
If Mr Blair wants to make the public services work better, he needs more change.
The Finance Committee also questioned the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales draft budget for 2011-12.
That leaves the main burden of cuts falling on the departments responsible for the public services.
The most ossified of all the public services is undergoing the biggest shake-up in its history.
Instead it has concentrated on making devolution work and learning to run the public services.
Around 55% is spent on the public services, such as health and education, and administration.
This would provide scope for additional expenditure in the public services people care about.
The more he could find in welfare, the less the squeeze would be for the public services.
Mr Kennedy on Wednesday outlined the initial findings of the party's policy review for the public services.
To them I say this: when the public services have been reformed the money will certainly go further.
Consider healthcare, where we have now been trialling choice in the public services for a number of years.
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Guernsey harbour management is to be changed to become more business focussed, the Public Services Department has announced.
Private cyber coordinates of a private cyberspace are not necessary for enabling the public services of the cyberspace.
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The Public Services Department said it was working with the newly announced preferred contractor, Lagan Construction, on minimising disruption.
Choice and diversity are not somehow alien to the spirit of the public services - or inconsistent with fairness.
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This is a cause, says Mr Howard, over which the improvement of the public services must now take precedence.
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The utility companies and the public services department will also have to give a quarterly report on emergency closures.
The new committee includes Senator Ted Vibert, who was critical of how the Public Services Committee handled bus services.
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The Public Services Department said the numbers printed on plastic packaging were often unclear or too small to read.
Mr Laws, a former Lib Dem head of policy, identified policy on the public services as a key area.
Both the chancellor and the prime minister want to reform the public services, although perhaps for slightly different reasons.
Instead of waiting for several years before attempting to reform the public services, as he did, they began immediately.
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Some jobs, particularly in the public services, are thought to be particularly stressful.
These attitudes are also causing increasing problems with reform of the public services.
Lord Hutton, the former Labour pensions minister, is expected to recommend similar changes for pension schemes throughout the public services.
This is why Mr Blair's commitment to give private providers a bigger role in the public services was potentially so important.
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