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		<title>Social care inspection: setting the record straight</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/12/social-care-inspection-setting-the-record-straight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Goldup</dc:creator>
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		<title>Social care inspectors have lost respect</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/11/social-care-inspectors-have-lost-respect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Jones</dc:creator>
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		<title>Finding funds for a better future</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/05/finding-funds-for-a-better-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 14:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Allen</dc:creator>
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		<title>What not to cut, by Ray Jones</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/12/what-not-to-cut-by-ray-jones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an opportunity for caring Conservatives, Liberal Democrat local activists and Labour redistributionists to stand up and be counted.
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		<title>When Gove met Goldie, by Melissa Benn</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/02/when-gove-met-goldie-by-melissa-benn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Benn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MELISSA BENN &#124; It’s been another frantic week of debate on the future of our education. Private school head and Blair biographer Anthony Seldon has argued that our children are not learning to think independently. The writer Toby Young continues to attract  <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/02/when-gove-met-goldie-by-melissa-benn/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The biter bit, by Mike Thatcher</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/11/the-biter-bit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Thatcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIKE THATCHER  &#124;  Christine Gilbert had a glimpse this week of what it’s like to be berated for poor performance and to have your apparent failings dissected by what were once known as Fleet Street’s finest <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/11/the-biter-bit/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shooting the messenger, by Conor Ryan</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/11/shooting-the-messenger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conor Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONOR RYAN &#124; Today's Ofsted annual report has both good and bad news. There has been a substantial increase in the number of 'good' and 'outstanding' schools - the equivalent of 1800 extra good schools in three years - but there remains a stubborn group where teaching is poor <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/11/shooting-the-messenger/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Childcare lessons, by the Institute for Fiscal Studies</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/09/what-can-we-learn-from-labours-shift-in-childcare-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/09/what-can-we-learn-from-labours-shift-in-childcare-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Institute for Fiscal Studies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES &#124; Gordon Brown's speech to the Labour party conference gave more detail about an existing ambition of this government to provide free early education and childcare places for 2-year-old children in England <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/09/what-can-we-learn-from-labours-shift-in-childcare-policy/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>If it ain’t broke… By Kate Green</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/09/if-it-ain%e2%80%99t-broke%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATE GREEN  &#124; If it ain’t broke… …don’t means test it. Proposals to end universal entitlements, such as child benefit, should be resisted by the government <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/09/if-it-ain%e2%80%99t-broke%e2%80%a6/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Damned if they don&#8217;t, by Richard Jones</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/09/damned-if-they-dont-by-richard-jones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Roger Singleton’s comparatively new Independent Safeguarding Authority has learned the hard way, during the past few weeks, that apart from walking barefoot  <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2009/09/damned-if-they-dont-by-richard-jones/"></a>]]></description>
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