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Public sector ‘needs overhaul’

Written by Emma Priestley | 21 November 2013

Peter Whitehead reports on the most notable findings from our series of debates called “The Board is Dead; Long Live the Board” as part of the FT's Executive Appointments’ “Better Boards” series.

Governance has lost its way in the public sector, according to a think-tank debate focused on public bodies.

One participant said: “The public sector is teeming with rule books. I want a bonfire of the lot of them. They are written by people with no experience of being on a board nor experience of the services we deliver”...

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